Jackson, Gen. T. J., C.S. Army, ("Stonewall" Jackson), 4, 10,
12, 69, 76, 117
Joffre, Maréchal, 28, 108
Jourdan, Maréchal, 128
Kimberley, relief of, 6
Kite balloons, 175-176
Königgratz, battle of, 96
Koorn Spruit, 118, 124
Ladysmith, relief of, 6
La Fère, 52
Lancashire territorials, 43
Le Cateau, first battle of, 96, 126
second battle of, 21, 66
Lee, General R. E., C.S. Army, 10, 45, 46, 48, 61, 65, 76,
93-94, 97, 108, 113, 117, 125-126, 128, 139-140, 149-150
Leonidas, 77
Le Quesnoy, 78
Les Boeufs, 126-127
Leuthen, battle of, 46
Lewis guns, characteristics of, 166
Liberty of manoeuvre, 26-28, 39, 43-44, 71, 126-127, 132, 139
Light Mortars, 166-167, 173
Ligny, battle of, 8, 47, 90-91
Lincoln, Abraham, 3, 10, 14
Lines of communications, 116-118
of observation, 130, 133
of resistance, 84, 134
Local reserves, attack, 55-56
defence, 92, 95
outposts, 130, 134
rear guards, 125
Logan, Gen. J. A., U.S.A., 15
London Regiment, 75
Longstreet, Gen. J., C.S. Army, 45
Losses reduced by movement, 39-40
Ludendorff, 52
Lys, attack on the, 43, 56
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