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Extent of the Means of Defence We have shown in the second and third chapters of this book how the defence has a natural advantage in the employment of those things, which,—irrespective of the absolu…
Mutual Action and Reaction of Attack and Defence We shall now consider attack and defence separately, as far as they can be separated from each other. We commence with the defensive for the following…
Methods of Resistance The conception of the defence is warding off; in this warding off lies the state of expectance, and this state of expectance we have taken as the chief characteristic of the def…
Defensive Battle We have said, in the preceding chapter, that the defender, in his defensive, would make use of a battle, technically speaking, of a purely offensive character, if, at the moment the …
Fortresses Formerly, and up to the time of great standing armies, fortresses, that is castles and fortified towns, were only built for the defence and protection of the inhabitants. The baron, if he …
Fortresses ( Continued ) We have discussed the object of fortresses: now for their situation. At first the subject seems very complicated, when we think of the diversity of objects, each of which may…
Defensive Position Every position in which we accept battle, at the same time making use of the ground as a means of protection, is a defensive position , and it makes no difference in this respect w…
Strong Positions and Entrenched Camps We have said in the preceding chapter that a position so strong through nature, assisted by art, that it is unassailable, does not come under the meaning of an a…
Flank Positions We have only allotted to this prominent conception, in the world of ordinary military theory, a special chapter in dictionary fashion, that it may the more easily be found; for we do …
Defence of Mountains The influence of mountains on the conduct of war is very great; the subject, therefore, is very important for theory. As this influence introduces into action a retarding princip…
