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Destruction of the Enemy’s Armies The destruction of the enemy’s armed forces is the means to the end—What is meant by this—The price it costs—Different points of view which are possible in respect t…
The Offensive Battle What we have said about the defensive battle throws a strong light upon the offensive also. We there had in view that class of battle in which the defensive appears most decided…
Passage of Rivers 1. A large river which crosses the direction of the attack is always very inconvenient for the assailant: for when he has crossed it he is generally limited to one point of passage,…
Attack on Defensive Positions In the book on the defence, it has been sufficiently explained how far defensive positions can compel the assailant either to attack them, or to give up his advance. Onl…
Attack on an Entrenched Camp It was for a time the fashion to speak with contempt of entrenchments and their utility. The cordon lines of the French frontier, which had been often burst through; the …
Attack on a Mountain From the fifth and following chapters of the sixth book, may be deduced sufficiently the strategic relations of a mountain generally, both as regards the defence and the attack. …
Attack on Cordon Lines If a supreme decision should lie in their defence and their attack, they place the assailant in an advantageous situation, for their wide extent is still more in opposition to …
Manœuvring 1. We have already touched upon this subject in the thirtieth chapter of the sixth book. It is one which concerns the defence and the attack in common; nevertheless it has always in it som…
Attack on Morasses, Inundations, Woods Morasses, that is, impassable swamps, which are only traversed by a few embankments, present peculiar difficulties to the tactical attack, as we have stated in …
Attack on a Theatre of War with the View to a Decision Most of the subjects have been already touched upon in the sixth book, and by their mere reflection, throw sufficient light on the attack. More…
