Haerincourt and Epehy, battle of, 21Haig of Bemersyde, Field-Marshal Earl, K.T., 53(quoted):—artillery, 169-170canal bridges, 77Carey's force, 174cavalry in defence, 96cavalry in the war, 66-67fuse No. 106, 170gas, 176-177hang on! 43health and moral, 13infantry the backbone, 22New Armies, 19-22"Other Man's Job," 164principles of war, 2rearward services, 13reserves in 1918, 95rifle and bayonet, 70smoke, 177surprise, 7tanks, 175Haking, Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. C. B., G.B.E. (quoted):—advanced guards, 104rear guards, 123Hal and Tubize, 78Hamley, Gen. Sir E. B., K.C.B. (quoted):—communications, 31co-operation, 35-36courage, 14definitions, 6"Higher Ranks" fallacy, 4mobility, 11study required, 2Hancock, Gen., U.S.A., 93Hand grenades, 166Hannibal, 47Harold II., king, 11-12Harrison's Landing, 65Hastings, battle of, 11-12Health and moral, 13Heavy artillery, 172, 173Heights of Abraham, 38Henderson, Col. G. F. R., C.B. (quoted):—Abraham Lincoln, 14atmosphere of battle, 29-30British and American troops, 17-18cavalry, 64"Common Sense" fallacy, 3co-operation, 35-37discipline, 11eye for ground, 125-126flank attacks, 114Grant's bases, 90soldiers' battles, 9sound system of command, 33Spottsylvania, 93-94study necessary, 4-5value of text-books, 23Hennechy, 66"Higher Ranks" fallacy, 4Hill, Gen. D. H., C.S. Army, 25-26Hindenburg, Marshal von, 52Hindenburg Line, battle of the, 21, 30Hohenlinden, battle of, 128Hood, Gen. J. B., C.S. Army, 45Hooker, Gen., U.S.A., 3, 48, 76, 117Horatius Cocles, 77Horse artillery, characteristics of, 168, 170Hotchkiss rifles, 168Howitzers, 170, 171, 172, 173Human nature in war, 13-16Hunter, Gen., U.S.A., 7
Infantry, characteristics of, 164-167Information in battle, 26-28, 35, 107-108Initiative, the, 26-28, 178-179Intelligence officers, 141-142Isandhlwana, 77-78, 156Italo-Turkish campaign, (note) 22
Jackson, Gen. T. J., C.S. Army, ("Stonewall" Jackson), 4, 10,12, 69, 76, 117Joffre, Maréchal, 28, 108Jourdan, Maréchal, 128
Kimberley, relief of, 6Kite balloons, 175-176Königgratz, battle of, 96Koorn Spruit, 118, 124
Ladysmith, relief of, 6La Fère, 52Lancashire territorials, 43Le Cateau, first battle of, 96, 126second battle of, 21, 66Lee, General R. E., C.S. Army, 10, 45, 46, 48, 61, 65, 76,93-94, 97, 108, 113, 117, 125-126, 128, 139-140, 149-150Leonidas, 77Le Quesnoy, 78Les Boeufs, 126-127Leuthen, battle of, 46Lewis guns, characteristics of, 166Liberty of manoeuvre, 26-28, 39, 43-44, 71, 126-127, 132, 139Light Mortars, 166-167, 173Ligny, battle of, 8, 47, 90-91Lincoln, Abraham, 3, 10, 14Lines of communications, 116-118of observation, 130, 133of resistance, 84, 134Local reserves, attack, 55-56defence, 92, 95outposts, 130, 134rear guards, 125Logan, Gen. J. A., U.S.A., 15London Regiment, 75Longstreet, Gen. J., C.S. Army, 45Losses reduced by movement, 39-40Ludendorff, 52Lys, attack on the, 43, 56
McClellan, Gen. J. B., U.S.A., 14-15, 25-26, 48, 65, 90, 112Machine guns, characteristics of, 167in attack, 43-44, 56in close country, 159-160in defence, 55-56, 83in outposts, 131, 134in retreats, 126-127range of, 132McNeill, Maj.-Gen. Sir J., K.C.B., 156Madritov, Colonel, 117-118Magersfontein, battle of, 152Mahdist Arabs, 156Main guard (advanced guard), 105(rear guard), 120-121Maistre, General (quoted):—British valour, 20Malplaquet, battle of, 46Malvern Hill, battle of, 15, 25-26, 65, 112-113, 117Manassas, battles of, 12Manoeuvre, liberty of, 25-28Manoury, Général, 37Map reading, 124, 135, 136Marches, night, 144-147Marching power of troops, 11-12Marengo, battle of, 47, 76Marlborough, Duke of, 46-47, 91Marmont, Maréchal, 27, 78Marne, first battle of the, 27-29, 36-37, 52, 53, 108second battle of the, 49-50Marshall, Gen. Sir W. R., K.C.B., 64-65Marye's Hill, 38Masséna, Maréchal, 82Maude, Gen. Sir S., K.C.B., 64McDowell, battle of, 12Meade, Gen., U.S.A., 15, 45, 46, 61, 92, 128Meagher's Irish brigade, 38Mechanical transport, 21-22, 69, 164Medical arrangements (attack), 67Mesopotamia, 32, 64-65Message cards, 68Messines, battle of, 149, 160Methods of attack, 53Methuen, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., 152Mobility, value of, 11-12, 168Monchy-le-Preux, 75Monocacy, battle of, 7Mons, retreat from, 19, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165Moore, Gen. Sir J., K.C.B., 127-128Moral, 8-22Moreau, Brig.-Gen., 41Général J. V., 128Morlancourt, 149Mortars, 85, 159, 166-167, 173Mounted troops, characteristics of, 167-168Movement and fire, 39-44in close country, 155Murat, Maréchal, 10Musketry, 37-39, 126-128
Nachod, battle of, 77, 110Napier, Sir W. F. P. (quoted):—rear guards, 127-128Torres Vedras, 82-83Napoleon, Emperor, 5, 8, 9-10, 46, 47, 89, 91, 109, 125, 127(quoted):—Caesar and Turenne, 9C'est les Prussiens, 8moral force, 8-9read and re-read, 3to cover Turin, 87Nashville, battle of, 15National moral, 10-11New Armies, the, 19-22Newfoundland Regiment, the Royal, 75, 139Niederwald, 158-159Night advances, 147-148assaults, 148-154entrenching, 165marches, 144-147operations, 144-154outposts, 137-138Nile valley, 151Noisseville, 159Norman conquest, 11-12
Observation, line of, 84, 130posts, 99Obstacles, 80Offensive battle, the, 46-47spirit, 79Operation orders, 178-179Orders, 178-179Orthez, battle of, 47Osman Pasha, 60Outpost zone, the, 84, 134Outposts, 129-140aircraft, 137artillery, 131battle outposts, 138-140cavalry, 130, 137commander, 132-134company, 134-137day, 137-138distance, 131frontage, 135information, 133-134line of observation, 84, 130line of resistance, 84, 134machine guns, 131, 132night, 137-138observation by, 84, 130orders, 133-134outpost company, 134-137outpost zone, 134patrols, 130, 137-138piquets, 131position warfare, 134, 138reconnaissance by, 130reserves, 131resistance by, 84, 131sentry groups, 136-137strength, 130withdrawal of, 146
Paardeberg, battle of, 16, 64Pack artillery, characteristics of, 170, 173Passive defence, 79Patrols, fighting, 161from outposts, 130, 137-138raiding, 99Peiwar Kotal, battle of, 151Penetration by attack, 51-52Pétain, Maréchal, 53Pfaffen Wood, 158Phalanx, the, 32Photographs, aërial, 99Piave line, the, 7Pill-box forts, 85-86Pioneer infantry, 153Piquets, 131Platoon in attack, 70-72in defence, 131Pleasant Hill, 59Plevna, battle of, 60Plumer, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., 149Polygon Wood, 42-43Position, choice of a, 83-84defensive, 86-91warfare, 79-82, 99-100, 134, 138, 141-142, 165, 166Potomac, Army of the, 14-15, 25-26, 45, 46Principles of warfare, 1-5Protection and reconnaissance, 98-101by night, 145Pulteney, Gen. Sir W. P., K.C.B., 88Pursuit, 64, 69
Quatre Bras, battle of, 48Quebec, 38Queen's Regiment, 42
Raids, 82, 141, 142 Rallying place, 97 Ramadie, battle of, 64 Ramdam, 118 Ramillies, battle of, 46, 91 Range cards, 135 Ranges of artillery, 173 of small arms, 166 of mortars, 173 Rappahannock Station, 161 Rastatt, 128 Rear guard, 119-128 aircraft, 120 artillery, 120 cavalry, 120 composition, 120 distance, 121 distribution, 120-121 examples, 126-128 infantry, 120 main guard, 120-121 machine guns, 120 mechanical transport, 120 medical arrangements, 120 night, 145 positions, 121-124 rear party, 120-121 Royal Engineers, 120 strength, 119-120 tactics, 79, 119, 121-128 training, 124-125 Reconnaissance and protection, 98-101, 175 by raids, 142 during battle, 36 for attack, 141-142 for defence, 142-143 intelligence officers, 141-142 tactical, 141-143 Reorganisation after attack, 97 and pursuit, 69 Report centres, 163 Reports, battle, 68 on positions, 141-143 Reserve, general, in attack, 56-57 in defence, 94-95 outposts, 131 local, 55-56, 92, 95, 125, 130, 134 Resistance, line of, 84, 134 Retiring under fire, 40-41 Retreat from Mons, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165 lines of, 89-90 tactics in, 104-105 Reumont, 66 Rezonville, 96 Rifle, the British, 38, 164-165 Rifle grenade, the, 166 Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, K.G., 15-16, 151 (quoted):— "Germany Strikes," 17 Roliça, combat at, 95, 127 Roman walls, 82 Rorke's Drift, 77-78, 156 Royal Engineers, characteristics of, 172, 174 defence, 172 Horse Artillery, 170 in attack, 67, 153 outposts, 137 retreats, 120 West Kent Regiment, 42 Runners, 35 Russia, collapse of, 52 North (Campaign), 66-67 Russian War of 1854-1855, 82 Russo-Japanese War, 82, 117-118 Russo-Turkish War, 18, 82
Sadowa, battle of, 96St. Privat, battle of, 60Salamanca, battle of, 27, 78Salient, the (1864), 97, 149(Ypres), 39Sambre, battle of the, 21Sannah's Post, 118, 124Sarrail, Général, 37Sauroren, battle of, 10Savage warfare, 156-157Scarpe, battle of the, 21Scouts (platoon), 71Secrecy, 25, 29-31, 51, 102, 144, 145-146, 153-154Sectors of defence, 94Sedan, battle of, 159Selle, battle of the, 21Semi-permanent defences, 85-86Senecaquoted: (Surprise), 102Sentry groups, 131, 136-137Serre Hill, 148-149Seven Days' Battle, the, 14, 90Sharpsburg, battle of, 14, 15, 48Shenandoah Valley campaign, 4, 7, 12, 117Signals, 35, 107"Silence is golden," 113Skobeleff, General Michael Dimitrievitch, 18Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H. L., G.C.B., 87, 126Smoke, 56, 150-151, 171, 177Snipers, 81Soissons, Fortress of, 41, 78Soldiers' battles, 9Somme, first battle of the, 7, 13, 37, 42-43, 148, 171, 176-177second battle of the, 33-34, 43, 51-52, 56, 66, 77, 78, 126-127, 174Soult, Maréchal, 10, 127South African War, 6-7.(See alsoBattles by name.)Spicheren, battle of, 108-109, 158Spottsylvania, battle of, 93-94, 117, 149-150Square formation in attack, 70Stafford Heights, 139Stamford Bridge, battle of, 12Stormberg, 152Strategical advanced guard, 103Strategy defined, 6, 8and tactics, 6-23Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., C.S. Army ("Jeb" Stuart), 65, 112-113,117, 128.Study, necessity for, 1-3, 4-5Sublician Bridge, 77Sulphur Springs, 108Super-heavy artillery, 172, 173Supply, 13, 67Supports in attack, 55-56, 169in close country, 159defence, 92outposts, 134-137Surprise, value of, 25, 29-31, 51, 175fire, 31, 38historical examples, 12, 30, 63, 77-78, 118, 124, 138
Tactical advanced guard, 103reconnaissance, 140-143Tactics and strategy, 6-23definition of, 6, 8subservient to strategy, 6-8Tadpole Copse, 75Talavera, battle of, 92Tallard, Maréchal, 46Tanks, characteristics of, 171, 174-175in close country, 22, 160, 162, 177Taube Farm, 139Taylor, Gen. R., C.S. Army (quoted):—cardinal principles, 1discipline, 11Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, 151-152Territorial troops, 19, 43Teutoberger Wald, 156-157Text-books, value of, 23Theatre of operations, 6-7Thermopylae, battle of, 77Thielmann's Corps (Wavre), 8Thomas, Gen. G. H., U.S.A., 15Time, value of, 12Tofrik, battle of, 156Torres Vedras, lines of, 82-83Toski, battle of, 156Toulouse, battle of, 47Trench warfare, 81-82Trenches, fire, 165Troisvilles, 66Trônes Wood, 42Tubize and Hal, 78Tweefontein, 138Types of battle action, 45-50
Valley campaign, the, 4, 7, 12, 117Vanguard, the, 105-106Varus, defeat of, 156-157Vedettes, 137Verdun, defence of, 16Verneville, battle of, 63View, in close country, 155Village fighting, 157-159, 162-163Balan, 159Bazeilles, 159Bourlon, 42Givenchy, 43Noisseville, 159Villers-Guislain, 160Villers-Brétonneux, 149Villages, attack on, 162defence of, 163Vimy Ridge, 149Visibility from air, 100Vittoria, battle of, 47, 83von Below, General, 127von Bredow's "Todtenritt," 96von Kluck, General, 28
Wallace, Gen. Lew, U.S.A., 7Warfare, art of, 1-5savage, 156-157Warren, Gen., U.S.A., 128Watchword at night, 153Waterloo, battle of, 8, 47-48, 76, 78-79, 90-91Wauchope, Brig-Gen. A. G., 152Wavre, battle of, 8, 91Weather, 13Wellington, Field-Marshal Duke of, K.G., 5, 10, 46, 47, 78-79,82-83, 127Wilderness, battle of the, 93-94, 117, 149-150, 158William the Conqueror, 12Wire, 80Wolfe, Gen. James, 38Wolseley, Field-Marshal Viscount, K.P., 151-152Wood fighting, 155-161Bois de Vaux, 158Elsasshausen Copse, 158Gauche, 160Gifert, 158Niederwald, 158-159Pfaffen, 158Polygon, 42-43Tadpole Copse, 75Trônes, 42Woods, attack on, 159-161defence of, 161Worcestershire Regiment, 42Worth, battle of, 109, 158-159Wytschaete Ridge, 20, 149
Yalu, battle of the, 118Ypres, first battle of, 19, 20, 41-42, 88second battle of, 19, 20, 42, 176third battle of, 39, 139
Zero hour, 74Zulu War, 77-78