, 81-82
protection by, 81, 98-99
protection from, 100
pursuit by, 67, 69
rear guard, 20, 120
reconnaissance by, 8, 26, 30, 36, 98-99, 100, 141
smoke, 177
Alexander the Great, 32
Allenby, General Viscount, G.C.B., 87, 96
America and the Great War, 17
American attack at Fossoy, 49
American Civil War, 3, 82
(_See also_ Battles by name.)
Amiens, battle of, 21, 52, 66
Antietam, battle of, 14, 15, 48
Appomattox, battle of, 15, 64
"Appreciation of the Situation," 72
Arabi Pasha, 151
Arbela, battle of, 32
Archangel Province, 66-67
Archduke Charles, 128
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 42-43
Armandvillers-Folie, 63
Armies, the new, 19-22
Arminius, victory of, 156-157
Armistice Day, 1918, 65
Army, Contemptible Little, 18-19
of North Virginia, 25, 65-66
of the Cumberland, 15
of the Potomac, 3, 14-15, 25
Arras, battle of, 170
Art of warfare, 1-5
Artillery, characteristics of, 168-173
barrage, 71
development of, 21-22
effective range, 132
escorts, 63-64
gas shells, 176
growth of, 169-170
heavy, 172, 173
in attack, 62-64,
in defence, 83, 89
in retreat, 120, 123
light, 170-171
medium, 171
mobility of, 63-64
outpost, 131, 134
pack, 170
positions, 94
ranges, 173
smoke shells, 177
super-heavy, 172, 173
Ashby, Gen. Turner, C.S.A., 117
Assaults by night, 148-154
Assembly, position of, 58-59, 147
Attack, the, 51-75
aircraft in, 67
artillery in, 62-64
battalion in, 73-75
cavalry, 64-67
close country, 155-156
company in, 72-73
co-operation, 25-26, 35-37, 39
decisive, 56-57, 60-62
disposition of troops, 55
engineers, 67
fire, 62
flank, 61
formation for, 70-75
forward body, 55-56
frontal, 60-61
general reserve, 56-57
holding, 12, 30, 48, 59, 62, 76, 95, 117
local reserve, 55-56
medical arrangements, 67
methods of, 53
opening fire, 37-38
platoon in, 70-72
reconnaissance for, 141-142
smoke, 177
strength of, 54-55
supply, 67-68
supports, 55-56
two plans of, 54
villages, 162
woods, 159-161
Attacking force, the, 59-60
Austerlitz, battle of, 9-10, 47, 76
Australians at Morlancourt, 149
Avenues, communicating, 143

Baccarat, battle of, 28
Bagdadieh, battle of, 64-65
Balaclava Charge, 96
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