Quick-firing guns,employment of180Raids,value of, on outbreak of War,20;to exploit enemy's resources,34;indispensable element in future,34;depend on rapidity and surprise,34;and on concentration of force at night-time,35;dispersion during,35Rapidity essential in raids,34;and in dismounted attack,99Rations,emergency, for horses,174;author's experiment with forage,203et seq.Rearguard actions,to be practised on a grand scale,283Reconnaissance by independent bodies of Cavalry necessary,7;rendered more difficult by range of modern firearms,10;and by smokeless powder,10;value of intensified,12;must be a separate service from screening,31;an exception to this,41;advantage of defeating enemy's reconnoitrers,31;under fire very difficult to effect,39;on the battle-field,66;cavalry leader must organize his own,120;training for scouting the basis of instruction in,269;knowledge of principles of 'higher strategy' essential,288Reconnoitring patrols,134et seq.Recruits,training of,188et seq.,273. See also'Training'Regiment,the fundamental tactical unit,228Regimental call,value of,230et seq.'Regimental column'formation,227;merits of double,229Regulations should not lay down fixed evolutions,70;but only essential principles of action,70;existing edition of,requires revision,70,79;importance of Section 346,76;rearrangement recommended,244;as to training of dismounted squadrons,253Reinforcements,difficulty of supplying Cavalry,151Remounts,supply of, in War,159;English blood in,187;training of,187Reports in the field to be made to Headquarters and to adjacent columns,11;transmission of,138et seq.Reserve forage,131Reserve squadrons,position for, during attack,232Reserve troops an easy prey to Cavalry when once beaten,15Rest,importance of, to horses,124,125Retreat,advantages of 'outer lines' in,78;duty of Cavalry covering a,88Riding,cross-country,186;individual,189Riding School,193et seq.Roszbach,Battle of,83Rushes,advancing by,113Rye as forage,206Schlichting,General von, writings of,81;criticism of,83;on application of drill-book principles,237School,Riding,192;War (see'War School');of Cavalry,290Screening,importance of,12;during absence of troops,27;must give way to obtaining intelligence,28;distinct from reconnoitring,32;must be fought for,33Security when secondary to obtaining intelligence,28;during rest,122;general advantages of,124Sedan,Battle of,87Seidlitz,Von, at Zorndorf,87Simplicity essential to successful tactics,68Single combat exercises,195et seq.Skeleton enemy,244Soor,action of,83Squadron School,the basis of tactical training,214;drill,217;tactical training of dismounted,258;general education of,272,276;practical exercises for,275'Squadron column,'merits of,228Staff required for Cavalry corps,228Strategical handling of Cavalry,importance of,37;fixed regulations inapplicable to,105;general principles,105Subdivision of force,107Summary of opinions on Cavalry generally,294Supply trains must march as fast as Cavalry,171;length of,172;mobility of,173Supreme Commander,presence of Cavalry essential to success of,37Surprise the essence of Cavalry actions,16;indispensable in raids,34;requirements for success in,118System,the 'three-line,'74Tactical action by Divisional Cavalry precluded,40;of Cavalry changed by new conditions,49;'Drei Treffen,'73;training for,too elementary,223Tactical education for troops generally,213et seq.Tactical principles,Cavalryv.Cavalry,231et seq.;Cavalryv.Infantry and Artillery,232et seq.;exercises to develop the,236Tactical and strategical principles of the future,83Telegraph,control of,140;limitations as to the use of,in Manœuvres,279'Three-line' system,73Training,true purpose of,161of Cavalry Staff,166;Von Moltke's proposals,166;changes must be met by new methods,181;of horses and men,184et seq.;length of period of,188,194;proposed programme for,200;preparation for endurance,207;War conditions essential to,208;tactical,too elementary at present,223;for dismounted fighting,247et seq.;some deficiencies in present,217;of squadrons a stepping-stone to field service,276Training grounds('Truppenübungs Plätze'),239Transmission of orders during action,69'Treffen,'definition of,74Trotting on march,128Turning movements,when imperative,115Verbal orders,69Villages,dismounted defence of,97et seq.;withdrawal from,99Vionville,Battle of,107Von-Rosenberg at Mars la Tour,225(footnote)Waggons,supply, pace of,171War conditions essential to training,208War School,extent of teaching at,289;creation of school for Cavalry desirable,290Weight to be carried by horses,212Wheat as forage,206'Wing attack,'76;best formation for requirements of combat,227;in action against Infantry and Artillery,234;freedom as to use of,244Woerth,Battle of,87Zone of fire,results of extension of,9Zorndorf,Battle of,87
Quick-firing guns,employment of180
Raids,value of, on outbreak of War,20;to exploit enemy's resources,34;indispensable element in future,34;depend on rapidity and surprise,34;and on concentration of force at night-time,35;dispersion during,35Rapidity essential in raids,34;and in dismounted attack,99Rations,emergency, for horses,174;author's experiment with forage,203et seq.Rearguard actions,to be practised on a grand scale,283Reconnaissance by independent bodies of Cavalry necessary,7;rendered more difficult by range of modern firearms,10;and by smokeless powder,10;value of intensified,12;must be a separate service from screening,31;an exception to this,41;advantage of defeating enemy's reconnoitrers,31;under fire very difficult to effect,39;on the battle-field,66;cavalry leader must organize his own,120;training for scouting the basis of instruction in,269;knowledge of principles of 'higher strategy' essential,288Reconnoitring patrols,134et seq.Recruits,training of,188et seq.,273. See also'Training'Regiment,the fundamental tactical unit,228Regimental call,value of,230et seq.'Regimental column'formation,227;merits of double,229Regulations should not lay down fixed evolutions,70;but only essential principles of action,70;existing edition of,requires revision,70,79;importance of Section 346,76;rearrangement recommended,244;as to training of dismounted squadrons,253Reinforcements,difficulty of supplying Cavalry,151Remounts,supply of, in War,159;English blood in,187;training of,187Reports in the field to be made to Headquarters and to adjacent columns,11;transmission of,138et seq.Reserve forage,131Reserve squadrons,position for, during attack,232Reserve troops an easy prey to Cavalry when once beaten,15Rest,importance of, to horses,124,125Retreat,advantages of 'outer lines' in,78;duty of Cavalry covering a,88Riding,cross-country,186;individual,189Riding School,193et seq.Roszbach,Battle of,83Rushes,advancing by,113Rye as forage,206
Schlichting,General von, writings of,81;criticism of,83;on application of drill-book principles,237School,Riding,192;War (see'War School');of Cavalry,290Screening,importance of,12;during absence of troops,27;must give way to obtaining intelligence,28;distinct from reconnoitring,32;must be fought for,33Security when secondary to obtaining intelligence,28;during rest,122;general advantages of,124Sedan,Battle of,87Seidlitz,Von, at Zorndorf,87Simplicity essential to successful tactics,68Single combat exercises,195et seq.Skeleton enemy,244Soor,action of,83Squadron School,the basis of tactical training,214;drill,217;tactical training of dismounted,258;general education of,272,276;practical exercises for,275'Squadron column,'merits of,228Staff required for Cavalry corps,228Strategical handling of Cavalry,importance of,37;fixed regulations inapplicable to,105;general principles,105Subdivision of force,107Summary of opinions on Cavalry generally,294Supply trains must march as fast as Cavalry,171;length of,172;mobility of,173Supreme Commander,presence of Cavalry essential to success of,37Surprise the essence of Cavalry actions,16;indispensable in raids,34;requirements for success in,118System,the 'three-line,'74
Tactical action by Divisional Cavalry precluded,40;of Cavalry changed by new conditions,49;'Drei Treffen,'73;training for,too elementary,223Tactical education for troops generally,213et seq.Tactical principles,Cavalryv.Cavalry,231et seq.;Cavalryv.Infantry and Artillery,232et seq.;exercises to develop the,236Tactical and strategical principles of the future,83Telegraph,control of,140;limitations as to the use of,in Manœuvres,279'Three-line' system,73Training,true purpose of,161of Cavalry Staff,166;Von Moltke's proposals,166;changes must be met by new methods,181;of horses and men,184et seq.;length of period of,188,194;proposed programme for,200;preparation for endurance,207;War conditions essential to,208;tactical,too elementary at present,223;for dismounted fighting,247et seq.;some deficiencies in present,217;of squadrons a stepping-stone to field service,276Training grounds('Truppenübungs Plätze'),239Transmission of orders during action,69'Treffen,'definition of,74Trotting on march,128Turning movements,when imperative,115
Verbal orders,69Villages,dismounted defence of,97et seq.;withdrawal from,99Vionville,Battle of,107Von-Rosenberg at Mars la Tour,225(footnote)
Waggons,supply, pace of,171War conditions essential to training,208War School,extent of teaching at,289;creation of school for Cavalry desirable,290Weight to be carried by horses,212Wheat as forage,206'Wing attack,'76;best formation for requirements of combat,227;in action against Infantry and Artillery,234;freedom as to use of,244Woerth,Battle of,87
Zone of fire,results of extension of,9Zorndorf,Battle of,87