Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers: An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918Anonymous
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Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers: An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918
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Military art and science; Tactics
defence in modern warfare, 80
necessity for study, 2
Frontage of outpost company, 135
Frontal attack, 60-61
Gaines's Mill, battle of, 14, 65
Gallieni, General, 28, 37
Gas, 42, 81, 100, 176-177
Gatacre, Maj.-Gen. Sir W. F., K.C.B., 152
Gaugamela, (note) 32
General reserve, in attack, 33-34
in defence, 91-92, 94-95
George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd-, O.M.
(_quoted_): British efforts, 1914-1918, 16-17
Gette River, 91
Gettysburg, battle of, 15, 45, 61, 65-66, 95-96, 117, 128
Gheluvelt, 42, 88
Gifert Wood, 158
Givenchy, 43
Grant, Maj.-Gen. P. G., C.B., 174
Grant, General U. S., U.S.A., 3, 7, 15, 46, 60-62, 90, 117, 149-150
Gravelotte, battle of, 158
"Green Curve," the, 9, 34
Grenades, hand and rifle, 166
Grenfell, Gen. Sir F. W., K.C.B., 156
Grouchy, Marechal, 7-8, 90-91
Ground, eye for, 125-126
scouts, 71
Guards' division, 43, 75, 160
Gueudecourt, 37
Haerincourt and Epehy, battle of, 21
Haig of Bemersyde, Field-Marshal Earl, K.T., 53
(_quoted_):--
artillery, 169-170
canal bridges, 77
Carey's force, 174
cavalry in defence, 96
cavalry in the war, 66-67
fuse No. 106, 170
gas, 176-177
hang on! 43
health and moral, 13
infantry the backbone, 22
New Armies, 19-22
"Other Man's Job," 164
principles of war, 2
rearward services, 13
reserves in 1918, 95
rifle and bayonet, 70
smoke, 177
surprise, 7
tanks, 175
Haking, Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. C. B., G.B.E. (_quoted_):--
advanced guards, 104
rear guards, 123
Hal and Tubize, 78
Hamley, Gen. Sir E. B., K.C.B. (_quoted_):--
communications, 31
co-operation, 35-36
courage, 14
definitions, 6
"Higher Ranks" fallacy, 4
mobility, 11
study required, 2
Hancock, Gen., U.S.A., 93
Hand grenades, 166
Hannibal, 47
Harold II., king, 11-12
Harrison's Landing, 65
Hastings, battle of, 11-12
Health and moral, 13
Heavy artillery, 172, 173
Heights of Abraham, 38
Henderson, Col. G. F. R., C.B. (_quoted_):--
Abraham Lincoln, 14
atmosphere of battle, 29-30
British and American troops, 17-18
cavalry, 64
"Common Sense" fallacy, 3
co-operation, 35-37
discipline, 11
eye for ground, 125-126
flank attacks, 114
Grant's bases, 90
soldiers' battles, 9
sound system of command, 33
Spottsylvania, 93-94
study necessary, 4-5
value of text-books, 23
Hennechy, 66
"Higher Ranks" fallacy, 4
Hill, Gen. D. H., C.S. Army, 25-26
Hindenburg, Marshal von, 52
Hindenburg Line, battle of the, 21, 30
Hohenlinden, battle of, 128
Hood, Gen. J. B., C.S. Army, 45
Hooker, Gen., U.S.A., 3, 48, 76, 117
Horatius Cocles, 77
Horse artillery, characteristics of, 168, 170
Hotchkiss rifles, 168
Howitzers, 170, 171, 172, 173
Human nature in war, 13-16
Hunter, Gen., U.S.A., 7
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