A Manual of Out-post DutiesParker, Furnivall and Parker, 1851 - 232 pages |
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Page 233 - CAVALRY CATECHISM, or Instructions on Cavalry Exercise and Field Movements, Brigade Movements, Out-post Duty, Cavalry supporting Artillery, Artillery attached to Cavalry. 12mo.
Page 107 - I have frequently observed and lamented in the late campaign, the facility and celerity with which the French soldiers cooked in comparison with those of our army. The cause of this disadvantage is the same with that of every other description, the want of attention of the officers to the orders of the army, and the conduct of their men, and the consequent want of authority over their conduct.
Page 107 - The cause of this disadvantage is the same with that of every other description, the want of attention of the Officers to the orders of the army and to the conduct of their men, and their consequent want of authority over their conduct.
Page 147 - Crawlurd always withdrew his oulposts, and concentrated his division, and his situation demanded a quickness and intelligence in the troops, the like of which has seldom been known. Seven minutes sufficed for the division to get under arms in the middle of the night, and a quarter of an hour, night or day, to bring it in order of battle lo the alarm-posts, with the baggage loaded and assembled at a convenient distance in the rear.
Page 107 - ... parade, that cooking would no longer require the inconvenient length of time which it has lately been found to take, and that the soldiers would not be exposed to the privation of their food at the moment at which the army may be engaged in operations with the enemy.
Page 235 - Manual, but will be found a valuable companion to Works on Geography in General. The Military Topography of Continental Europe. From the French of M. Th. Lavallee.
Page 106 - SIR: I have the honor to acquaint you, for the information of...
Page 143 - ... could make a stand, in case of an attack; as, for instance, behind a bridge, a ravine, between bogs, &c., in order to keep off the Enemy as long as possible. It is of the utmost importance to give the Corps time to turn out, and the Commander of a Grand Guard who retires with his men at full speed, and the Enemy at his heels, deserves the severest punishment; he must retire as slowly as possible, and constantly skirmish.
Page 235 - CONTENTS.— I. Progress of Tactics. The Three Arms separately. II. Divisional Tactics of the Three Arms united on Level Ground. Composition, Formation, and Combat of a Division. Evolutions against Cavalry. Mass of Divisions. III. Broken Ground. Mixed Ground. Forests. Mountain Defiles. Bridges. Fords. Embanked Causeways. Rivers. Fortified Posts, &c.
Page 107 - ... consequent want of authority over their conduct. Certain men of each company should be appointed to cut and bring in wood, others to fetch water, and others to get the meat, &c. to be cooked; and it would soon be found...