Military Instructors Manual

by J. P. Cole; Oliver Schoonmaker

1. Give fire line impetus.
2. To penetrate enemy lines.
3. To fill gaps and help reorganization.
4. To meet counter attacks.

Plan of Action:

• Mission of army is to win battle.
• Offensive action must be the rule.
• When enemy is near every available means must be taken to gain information, in order to prepare for deployment.

Offensive Combat:

The attack develops into 2 parts.

1. Assaulting hostile position at selected points.
2. Threaten or assault all other parts of enemy line in order to hold enemy from reinforcing operations.

Enveloping Attack:

• Advantage of converging fire upon position.

Holding Attack:

• An attack for holding enemy in one place, while assaults made at another point.