Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, / in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition

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4. General rules on the conduct of the separate arms in action.

a. Engagement of infantry under fire and hand to order, in attack and defense.

b. Charge of cavalry, attack à la débandade, wheeling off of the fourth subdivisions (platoons,) skirmishing.

c. Employment and conduct of artillery in action.

5. General principles relative to the combined action of the different arms.

6. Tactical advantages of ground; level, hilly, open, close, uninclosed, and broken ground.

7. Attack and defense of localities, such as heights, woods, farm-buildings, villages, and defiles; false attacks, demonstrations.

C. Field Service.

1. Of Marches. General rules, method, and object; precautions, van and rear guards, covering parties.

2. Escort of transports of powder, provisions, and prisoners of war, in one’s own and in an enemy’s country.