T OF WARFARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Principles of War--Popular fallacies--Authorities quoted in
support of Fixed Principles (Gen. B. Taylor, C. S. Army; Marshal
Foch; Marshal Haig)--Necessity for Study (Gen. Sir E. B. Hamley;
Marshal French; Marshal Foch; Napoleon)--"Common Sense"
(Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis; General
Grant)--"Higher Ranks" Fallacy (Col. Henderson; Gen. Sir
E. B. Hamley)--Necessity for Study proved (Col. Henderson).

STRATEGY AND TACTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Definitions--Theatre of Operations the Kingdom of Strategy;
Field of Battle the Province of Tactics--Tactics subservient to
Strategy (Lord Roberts's Advance; First Battle of Somme;
First Battle of Cambrai; Gen. Lew Wallace at the Monocacy;
Marshal Grouchy at Wavre)--Moral--Idiosyncracies of leaders
(Napoleon at Austerlitz; Wellington at Sauroren; Lee and
Jackson _versus_ Abraham Lincoln)--National Moral (Foch,
quoted)--Discipline and Mobility (Battle of Hastings)--Marching
Power (Stonewall Jackson)--Time--Weather--Health--Human
Nature (Fabius and Roman people; McClellan and his Government;
Thomas at Nashville; Roberts in South Africa)--The
Spirit of France ("Nous sommes trahis" of 1870 and cheers of
the poilus in 1917)--Great Britain--America--Lord Roberts's
previous warning ("Germany strikes when Germany's hour has
struck")--Col. Henderson on moral of British and American
troops--"The Contemptible Little Army"--The New Armies
(Tribute from Marshal Haig endorsed by Marshal Foch)--Changes
in Methods of Warfare--Value of official Text-books.

THE BATTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-32

The Battle is the "only argument" of War--Characteristics of
the Battle (Issue uncertain; Human factor; Value of Reserves;
Superiority at point of Attack)--Lee's "partial attacks" at
Malvern Hill of no avail--Phases of the Battle--Information
and the Initiative (Salamanca; First Battle of the Marne;
Battle of Baccarat)--Development of the Battle (Surprise;
"Like a bolt from the blue" as at Chancellorsville or First
Battle of Cambrai; Marshal Foch on value of Surprise)--The
Decisive Blow--Arbela.

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HOW BATTLES ARE INFLUENCED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-44

Commander's influence by his Orders and by his employment of
Reserves--Subordinates must "bring to fruit the scheme of t