Chapter 17

McClellan, Gen. J. B., U.S.A., 14-15, 25-26, 48, 65, 90, 112 Machine guns, characteristics of, 167 in attack, 43-44, 56 in close country, 159-160 in defence, 55-56, 83 in outposts, 131, 134 in retreats, 126-127 range of, 132 McNeill, Maj.-Gen. Sir J., K.C.B., 156 Madritov, Colonel, 117-118 Magersfontein, battle of, 152 Mahdist Arabs, 156 Main guard (advanced guard), 105 (rear guard), 120-121 Maistre, General (_quoted_):-- British valour, 20 Malplaquet, battle of, 46 Malvern Hill, battle of, 15, 25-26, 65, 112-113, 117 Manassas, battles of, 12 Manoeuvre, liberty of, 25-28 Manoury, Général, 37 Map reading, 124, 135, 136 Marches, night, 144-147 Marching power of troops, 11-12 Marengo, battle of, 47, 76 Marlborough, Duke of, 46-47, 91 Marmont, Maréchal, 27, 78 Marne, first battle of the, 27-29, 36-37, 52, 53, 108 second battle of the, 49-50 Marshall, Gen. Sir W. R., K.C.B., 64-65 Marye's Hill, 38 Masséna, Maréchal, 82 Maude, Gen. Sir S., K.C.B., 64 McDowell, battle of, 12 Meade, Gen., U.S.A., 15, 45, 46, 61, 92, 128 Meagher's Irish brigade, 38 Mechanical transport, 21-22, 69, 164 Medical arrangements (attack), 67 Mesopotamia, 32, 64-65 Message cards, 68 Messines, battle of, 149, 160 Methods of attack, 53 Methuen, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., 152 Mobility, value of, 11-12, 168 Monchy-le-Preux, 75 Monocacy, battle of, 7 Mons, retreat from, 19, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165 Moore, Gen. Sir J., K.C.B., 127-128 Moral, 8-22 Moreau, Brig.-Gen., 41 Général J. V., 128 Morlancourt, 149 Mortars, 85, 159, 166-167, 173 Mounted troops, characteristics of, 167-168 Movement and fire, 39-44 in close country, 155 Murat, Maréchal, 10 Musketry, 37-39, 126-128

Nachod, battle of, 77, 110 Napier, Sir W. F. P. (_quoted_):-- rear guards, 127-128 Torres Vedras, 82-83 Napoleon, Emperor, 5, 8, 9-10, 46, 47, 89, 91, 109, 125, 127 (_quoted_):-- Caesar and Turenne, 9 C'est les Prussiens, 8 moral force, 8-9 read and re-read, 3 to cover Turin, 87 Nashville, battle of, 15 National moral, 10-11 New Armies, the, 19-22 Newfoundland Regiment, the Royal, 75, 139 Niederwald, 158-159 Night advances, 147-148 assaults, 148-154 entrenching, 165 marches, 144-147 operations, 144-154 outposts, 137-138 Nile valley, 151 Noisseville, 159 Norman conquest, 11-12

Observation, line of, 84, 130 posts, 99 Obstacles, 80 Offensive battle, the, 46-47 spirit, 79 Operation orders, 178-179 Orders, 178-179 Orthez, battle of, 47 Osman Pasha, 60 Outpost zone, the, 84, 134 Outposts, 129-140 aircraft, 137 artillery, 131 battle outposts, 138-140 cavalry, 130, 137 commander, 132-134 company, 134-137 day, 137-138 distance, 131 frontage, 135 information, 133-134 line of observation, 84, 130 line of resistance, 84, 134 machine guns, 131, 132 night, 137-138 observation by, 84, 130 orders, 133-134 outpost company, 134-137 outpost zone, 134 patrols, 130, 137-138 piquets, 131 position warfare, 134, 138 reconnaissance by, 130 reserves, 131 resistance by, 84, 131 sentry groups, 136-137 strength, 130 withdrawal of, 146

Paardeberg, battle of, 16, 64 Pack artillery, characteristics of, 170, 173 Passive defence, 79 Patrols, fighting, 161 from outposts, 130, 137-138 raiding, 99 Peiwar Kotal, battle of, 151 Penetration by attack, 51-52 Pétain, Maréchal, 53 Pfaffen Wood, 158 Phalanx, the, 32 Photographs, aërial, 99 Piave line, the, 7 Pill-box forts, 85-86 Pioneer infantry, 153 Piquets, 131 Platoon in attack, 70-72 in defence, 131 Pleasant Hill, 59 Plevna, battle of, 60 Plumer, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., 149 Polygon Wood, 42-43 Position, choice of a, 83-84 defensive, 86-91 warfare, 79-82, 99-100, 134, 138, 141-142, 165, 166 Potomac, Army of the, 14-15, 25-26, 45, 46 Principles of warfare, 1-5 Protection and reconnaissance, 98-101 by night, 145 Pulteney, Gen. Sir W. P., K.C.B., 88 Pursuit, 64, 69

Quatre Bras, battle of, 48 Quebec, 38 Queen's Regiment, 42

Raids, 82, 141, 142 Rallying place, 97 Ramadie, battle of, 64 Ramdam, 118 Ramillies, battle of, 46, 91 Range cards, 135 Ranges of artillery, 173 of small arms, 166 of mortars, 173 Rappahannock Station, 161 Rastatt, 128 Rear guard, 119-128 aircraft, 120 artillery, 120 cavalry, 120 composition, 120 distance, 121 distribution, 120-121 examples, 126-128 infantry, 120 main guard, 120-121 machine guns, 120 mechanical transport, 120 medical arrangements, 120 night, 145 positions, 121-124 rear party, 120-121 Royal Engineers, 120 strength, 119-120 tactics, 79, 119, 121-128 training, 124-125 Reconnaissance and protection, 98-101, 175 by raids, 142 during battle, 36 for attack, 141-142 for defence, 142-143 intelligence officers, 141-142 tactical, 141-143 Reorganisation after attack, 97 and pursuit, 69 Report centres, 163 Reports, battle, 68 on positions, 141-143 Reserve, general, in attack, 56-57 in defence, 94-95 outposts, 131 local, 55-56, 92, 95, 125, 130, 134 Resistance, line of, 84, 134 Retiring under fire, 40-41 Retreat from Mons, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165 lines of, 89-90 tactics in, 104-105 Reumont, 66 Rezonville, 96 Rifle, the British, 38, 164-165 Rifle grenade, the, 166 Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, K.G., 15-16, 151 (_quoted_):-- "Germany Strikes," 17 Roliça, combat at, 95, 127 Roman walls, 82 Rorke's Drift, 77-78, 156 Royal Engineers, characteristics of, 172, 174 defence, 172 Horse Artillery, 170 in attack, 67, 153 outposts, 137 retreats, 120 West Kent Regiment, 42 Runners, 35 Russia, collapse of, 52 North (Campaign), 66-67 Russian War of 1854-1855, 82 Russo-Japanese War, 82, 117-118 Russo-Turkish War, 18, 82

Sadowa, battle of, 96 St. Privat, battle of, 60 Salamanca, battle of, 27, 78 Salient, the (1864), 97, 149 (Ypres), 39 Sambre, battle of the, 21 Sannah's Post, 118, 124 Sarrail, Général, 37 Sauroren, battle of, 10 Savage warfare, 156-157 Scarpe, battle of the, 21 Scouts (platoon), 71 Secrecy, 25, 29-31, 51, 102, 144, 145-146, 153-154 Sectors of defence, 94 Sedan, battle of, 159 Selle, battle of the, 21 Semi-permanent defences, 85-86 Seneca _quoted_: (Surprise), 102 Sentry groups, 131, 136-137 Serre Hill, 148-149 Seven Days' Battle, the, 14, 90 Sharpsburg, battle of, 14, 15, 48 Shenandoah Valley campaign, 4, 7, 12, 117 Signals, 35, 107 "Silence is golden," 113 Skobeleff, General Michael Dimitrievitch, 18 Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H. L., G.C.B., 87, 126 Smoke, 56, 150-151, 171, 177 Snipers, 81 Soissons, Fortress of, 41, 78 Soldiers' battles, 9 Somme, first battle of the, 7, 13, 37, 42-43, 148, 171, 176-177 second battle of the, 33-34, 43, 51-52, 56, 66, 77, 78, 126-127, 174 Soult, Maréchal, 10, 127 South African War, 6-7. (_See also_ Battles by name.) Spicheren, battle of, 108-109, 158 Spottsylvania, battle of, 93-94, 117, 149-150 Square formation in attack, 70 Stafford Heights, 139 Stamford Bridge, battle of, 12 Stormberg, 152 Strategical advanced guard, 103 Strategy defined, 6, 8 and tactics, 6-23 Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., C.S. Army ("Jeb" Stuart), 65, 112-113, 117, 128. Study, necessity for, 1-3, 4-5 Sublician Bridge, 77 Sulphur Springs, 108 Super-heavy artillery, 172, 173 Supply, 13, 67 Supports in attack, 55-56, 169 in close country, 159 defence, 92 outposts, 134-137 Surprise, value of, 25, 29-31, 51, 175 fire, 31, 38 historical examples, 12, 30, 63, 77-78, 118, 124, 138

Tactical advanced guard, 103 reconnaissance, 140-143 Tactics and strategy, 6-23 definition of, 6, 8 subservient to strategy, 6-8 Tadpole Copse, 75 Talavera, battle of, 92 Tallard, Maréchal, 46 Tanks, characteristics of, 171, 174-175 in close country, 22, 160, 162, 177 Taube Farm, 139 Taylor, Gen. R., C.S. Army (_quoted_):-- cardinal principles, 1 discipline, 11 Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, 151-152 Territorial troops, 19, 43 Teutoberger Wald, 156-157 Text-books, value of, 23 Theatre of operations, 6-7 Thermopylae, battle of, 77 Thielmann's Corps (Wavre), 8 Thomas, Gen. G. H., U.S.A., 15 Time, value of, 12 Tofrik, battle of, 156 Torres Vedras, lines of, 82-83 Toski, battle of, 156 Toulouse, battle of, 47 Trench warfare, 81-82 Trenches, fire, 165 Troisvilles, 66 Trônes Wood, 42 Tubize and Hal, 78 Tweefontein, 138 Types of battle action, 45-50

Valley campaign, the, 4, 7, 12, 117 Vanguard, the, 105-106 Varus, defeat of, 156-157 Vedettes, 137 Verdun, defence of, 16 Verneville, battle of, 63 View, in close country, 155 Village fighting, 157-159, 162-163 Balan, 159 Bazeilles, 159 Bourlon, 42 Givenchy, 43 Noisseville, 159 Villers-Guislain, 160 Villers-Brétonneux, 149 Villages, attack on, 162 defence of, 163 Vimy Ridge, 149 Visibility from air, 100 Vittoria, battle of, 47, 83 von Below, General, 127 von Bredow's "Todtenritt," 96 von Kluck, General, 28

Wallace, Gen. Lew, U.S.A., 7 Warfare, art of, 1-5 savage, 156-157 Warren, Gen., U.S.A., 128 Watchword at night, 153 Waterloo, battle of, 8, 47-48, 76, 78-79, 90-91 Wauchope, Brig-Gen. A. G., 152 Wavre, battle of, 8, 91 Weather, 13 Wellington, Field-Marshal Duke of, K.G., 5, 10, 46, 47, 78-79, 82-83, 127 Wilderness, battle of the, 93-94, 117, 149-150, 158 William the Conqueror, 12 Wire, 80 Wolfe, Gen. James, 38 Wolseley, Field-Marshal Viscount, K.P., 151-152 Wood fighting, 155-161 Bois de Vaux, 158 Elsasshausen Copse, 158 Gauche, 160 Gifert, 158 Niederwald, 158-159 Pfaffen, 158 Polygon, 42-43 Tadpole Copse, 75 Trônes, 42 Woods, attack on, 159-161 defence of, 161 Worcestershire Regiment, 42 Worth, battle of, 109, 158-159 Wytschaete Ridge, 20, 149

Yalu, battle of the, 118 Ypres, first battle of, 19, 20, 41-42, 88 second battle of, 19, 20, 42, 176 third battle of, 39, 139

Zero hour, 74 Zulu War, 77-78