OUTPOSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129-140
Outposts prevent interference with plans and provide security
by Observation and Resistance—Strength—Observation (Aircraft;
Mobile Patrols; Outpost Companies)—Resistance (Infantry,
Artillery, and Machine guns; Sentry Groups, Piquets,
Supports, and Reserves)—Distance (Effective fire of various arms
the controlling factor)—Outpost Commander—Information and
Orders—The Outpost Line of Resistance—The Outpost Company
(Piquets, Supports, Detached Posts, Reserves; the Piquet
Commander; Patrols; Sentry Groups)—Day and Night
Work—Disasters through neglect of Tactical Principles (Chateau
of Chambord; Tweefontein)—Battle Outposts (Broenbeek;
Fredericksburg).
TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141-143
Reconnaissance for Attack—Intelligence Officers—Reconnaissance by Raids—Position Warfare—Reconnaissance for Defence—Position Warfare.
NIGHT OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-154
Reason for Operations by Night (Secrecy; Frederick the Great's
Coat)—Night Marches (Direction; Protection; Secrecy;
Connection)—"Rules of Thumb"—Night Advances (Surprise;
Direction; Position of Deployment; Connection)—Night
Assaults (First Battle of the Somme; Serre Hill; Vimy Ridge;
Messines-Wytschaete; Villers Brétonneux; Morlancourt;
Spottsylvania)—Limitations of Night Assaults—Smoke and its
advantages and disadvantages—Successful and unsuccessful Night
Assaults (Rappahannock Station—Peiwar Kotal—Tel-el-Kebir;
Stormberg; Magersfontein)—Position of Deployment—Distinguishing
Badges, etc.—Watchword—Precautions against
Checks—Secrecy—"Rules of Thumb."
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FIGHTING IN CLOSE COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155-163
Restrictions on view and on movement—Advantages for Attack against Defence—Savage Warfare (Isandhlwana; Rorke's Drift; Tofrik; Toski; Teutoberger Wald)—Civilised Warfare (Villages and Woods attract troops; Gravelotte; Spicheren; Worth; the Wilderness; Sedan; Defence of Bazeilles; Noisseville)—Attack on Woods (Tanks; Gauche; Villers Guislain; Messines)—Advancing from captured position—Defence of Woods—Fighting patrols—Attack on Villages (Tanks; Light Mortars)—Defence of Villages (Delaying Action; Providing a "funnel").