Military letters and essays
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- Military letters and essays
- Publication year listed
- 1895
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Military letters and essays
Author: Maude, F. N. (Frederic Natusch), 1854-1933
Year: 1895
Statistics of the Franco-German war.--Smokeless powder.--Conditions of modern warfare.--Cost of modern war.--German cavalry maneuvers.--Independent patrols.--A modern battle.--A study of a modern battle. Attack or defence.--The origin of extended-order fighting.--The legend of St. Privat.--Von Wedell's cavalry brigade at Marala-Tour.--Present tactical tendencies in the German army.--The physique of European armies.--The weapon or the man.--The minor tactical day at Aldershot.--The volunteer field day at Aldershot.--Field day at Aldershot.--Notes on the French maneuvers.--The German army.--Marching through Thuringia.--The panics at Gravelotte.--Von Moltke's work.--The spirit of the new German infantry regulations.--Notes in Germany in 1889.--Blank vs. ball cartridge tactics