Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers / An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918

by Anonymous

PAGES

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BATTLES CITED . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv-xvii

PUBLICATIONS CITED IN THE LECTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

THE ART OF WARFARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Principles of War—Popular fallacies—Authorities quoted in
support of Fixed Principles (Gen. B. Taylor, C. S. Army; Marshal
Foch; Marshal Haig)—Necessity for Study (Gen. Sir E. B. Hamley;
Marshal French; Marshal Foch; Napoleon)—"Common Sense"
(Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis; General
Grant)—"Higher Ranks" Fallacy (Col. Henderson; Gen. Sir
E. B. Hamley)—Necessity for Study proved (Col. Henderson).

STRATEGY AND TACTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Definitions—Theatre of Operations the Kingdom of Strategy; Field of Battle the Province of Tactics—Tactics subservient to Strategy (Lord Roberts's Advance; First Battle of Somme; First Battle of Cambrai; Gen. Lew Wallace at the Monocacy; Marshal Grouchy at Wavre)—Moral—Idiosyncracies of leaders (Napoleon at Austerlitz; Wellington at Sauroren; Lee and Jackson versus Abraham Lincoln)—National Moral (Foch, quoted)—Discipline and Mobility (Battle of Hastings)—Marching Power (Stonewall Jackson)—Time—Weather—Health—Human Nature (Fabius and Roman people; McClellan and his Government; Thomas at Nashville; Roberts in South Africa)—The Spirit of France ("Nous sommes trahis" of 1870 and cheers of the poilus in 1917)—Great Britain—America—Lord Roberts's previous warning ("Germany strikes when Germany's hour has struck")—Col. Henderson on moral of British and American troops—"The Contemptible Little Army"—The New Armies (Tribute from Marshal Haig endorsed by Marshal Foch)—Changes in Methods of Warfare—Value of official Text-books.

THE BATTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-32

The Battle is the "only argument" of War—Characteristics of
the Battle (Issue uncertain; Human factor; Value of Reserves;
Superiority at point of Attack)—Lee's "partial attacks" at
Malvern Hill of no avail—Phases of the Battle—Information
and the Initiative (Salamanca; First Battle of the Marne;
Battle of Baccarat)—Development of the Battle (Surprise;
"Like a bolt from the blue" as at Chancellorsville or First
Battle of Cambrai; Marshal Foch on value of Surprise)—The
Decisive Blow—Arbela.

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