he
higher command"--The "fog of battle"--Information--Co-operation
(on grand scale at First Battle of the Marne; on minor
scale at Gneudecourt)--Fire Tactics--Value of withholding
fire (Heights of Abraham; Bunker Hill; Fredericksburg; Retreat
from Mons)--Enfilade and Reverse Fire (The Bluff in Ypres
Salient)--Movement--Advancing under Fire--Withdrawing
under Fire in "Delaying Action"--Holding on (Untimely surrender
at Soissons; Stubborn defence at First and Second Battles
of Ypres; Trones Wood; Bourlon Village; Polygon Wood;
Givenchy)--Covering Fire--Fire and Movement inseparably
associated.

TYPES OF BATTLE ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-50

Three distinct systems--The Defensive Battle seldom effects
positive results (Gettysburg; Fredericksburg)--The Offensive
Battle (Marlborough; Frederick the Great; Napoleon;
Wellington; Grant; Franco-Prussian War; Battle of Blenheim
described)--The Defensive-Offensive Battle (Marengo; Austerlitz;
Dresden; Vittoria; Orthez; Toulouse; Waterloo; Final Battles
of the Great War; Battle of Waterloo described)--Opportunities
for "restoring" the battle (Antietam)--Chancellorsville
a great Defensive-Offensive Battle--Passing from the "guard"
to the "thrust" (Second Battle of the Marne).

THE ATTACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-69

Culminating point of all manoeuvres--Quick decision required
or "Position Warfare" will supervene--Second Battle of the
Somme--Methods of Attack--Two plans--Decisive blow on
pre-determined spot or in direction ascertained by
fighting--Strength of the Attack--Disposition of the
Troops--Forward Body, Supports and Local Reserves--General
Reserve--The Commander's Plans--The Position of Assembly
(Banks's single column defeated by Forrest in Red River
Valley)--The Attacking Force (St. Privat; Plevna)--The Decisive
Attack--Advantages and Disadvantages of Frontal and Flank
Attacks--Decisive Attack must be followed up (Gettysburg;
Chattanooga)--Detailing the Units--Artillery in Attack
(Verneville; Colenso; mobility and protection of modern
Artillery)--Cavalry in Attack (Appomattox and Paardeberg;
Ramadie; Bagdadieh; Gaines's Mill; Gettysburg; First Battle
of Cambrai; Battle of Amiens; Second Battle of Le Cateau;
Archangel Front; Battle of the Sambre)--Royal Engineers--Medical
Arrangements--Supply--Commander's Position--Battle
Reports--R