The flanking units endeavor to encircle the objective.
192.—Against interior defense.
If the defense has been strongly organized inside the village, fight forward step by step. Blow up the obstacles with explosives.
193.—Cooperation of Artillery.
Have artillery bring up a few guns within close range.
ATTACK OF A DEFILE.
194.—When defended in front.
If it is defended in front, try to advance rapidly by one or both flanks, small fractions only attacking on the valley bottom, while the greater part of the attacking force progresses on the heights on either side, the flanks striving to keep forward so as to reach the other end before the defenders and encircle them.