The Operations of War: Explained and IllustratedKrigsvidenskab. En analyse af de forhold, der er af betydning ved planlægning af og gennemførelse af landoperationer belyst ved eksempler fra revolutionskrigene fra 1796 og krigene indtil 1865. |
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advance advanced-guard advantage adversary Alessandria Allies Archduke artillery assailant assembled attack Austrian Austrian army base battalions Blucher bridge brigade campaign cavalry centre columns command concentrated cover cross Danube Davout defeated defensive defiles deployed detached direction distance division Elbe enemy enemy's flank followed force form front fortresses France French army frontier Garlasco guard guns hostile infantry Italy Jena Kienmayer Kray Lannes left wing line of battle line of communication line of retreat magazines main body manœuvre Marmont Massena Memmingen Milan miles military Mincio Moreau Mortara mountains moved movement Napoleon necessary Novara numbers object obstacles occupied offensive opposing pass passage Pavia Piacenza position Pozzolengo Prussian Ratisbon rear reinforced reserve retired Rhine right bank right wing river road Saal Salamanca Sardinians Schaffhausen secure side Solferino Soult squadrons subsistence success superior supply territory theatre Ticino tions troops Turbigo Turin valley Vercelli Vigevano Waterloo Wavre Wellington yards
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Page 17 - March, a reconnoissance of a large body of cavalry, with some infantry, under command of General Stoneman, was sent along the Orange and Alexandria railroad, to determine the position of the enemy, and, if possible, force his rear across the Rappahannock, but the roads were in such condition, that, finding it impossible to subsist his men, General Stoneman was forced to return, after reaching Cedar Run.
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Page 14 - Talavera we could not have gone farther, and the armies would probably have separated for want of means of subsistence, probably without a battle, but certainly afterwards.
Page 14 - But a starving army is actually worse than none. The soldiers lose their discipline and spirit ; they plunder even in the presence of their officers. The officers are discontented and are almost as bad as the men.
Page 51 - The theatre of war," says Hamley, " is the province of strategy, the field of battle is the province of tactics.
Page 12 - Of these about 10,000 were cavalry ; and the force of field-artillery was, at various epochs, from 312 to 400 guns. " These guns, nearly all rifled, carried with them ammunition for a great battle. Every corps of the army was accompanied by 110 carriages, containing a second supply of ammunition for artillery and infantry. Finally, a grand park...
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