d leadership, 126

Enemy, advance of, marks period for pushing forward Cavalry, 27;
Cavalry of, must be beaten off field to obtain information, 30;
outposts of, to be broken through, 33;
communications, of, to be attacked, 33

Equipment for bridging and telegraphs, 174

Equitation, Staff for, 193;
proposed new procedure, 200;
school of, in Hanover, 290

Exercises to develop 'tactical principles,' 236;
of larger formations than Brigades, 239;
'field-service' exercises, 240 _et seq._

Expediency, the highest ideal of strategy, 47

Extension of front when advisable, 107;
in action when favourable, 240 _et seq._

Field-firing, increased importance of, 251;
scheme for, 252

'Field-service' exercises, 218;
nature of, 240;
ground for, 239;

Cavalry acting independently, 240;
Cavalry in combination with other Arms, 241;
existing deficiencies in, 266

Fire action often imperative nowadays, 47;
occasions when it will decide the day, 50;
General Lee's capitulation, 51;
South African War, 56;
Franco-German War, 57

Firearms, increased range of, 36;
better class of, needed by Cavalry, 58

Flank attack, when advisable, 78, 79;
after victory, 83;
during charge, 233

Flanks of enemy to be worked round to obtain information, 29

Forage, reserve of, 131;
amount to be carried on horses, 169;
author's experiment, 203

Force necessary to be employed in various circumstances, 36

Formation for attack, 36;
change of, during action, 69;
latitude to be allowed to Commander, 76, 77;
merits of 'double column,' 80;
'mass' when suitable, 81;
on battle-field, 85;
of dismounted men in action, 96;
in defence of villages, 96;
in dismounted attack, 100;
best, suitable for War, 226;
to be avoided, 226;
regimental column, 227

Four-squadron regiments, 154

Frederick the Great on length of marches, 122

Front, extension and concentration of, 107

Frontal attack against Infantry and Artillery, 235

Galloping, exercises in, 209

German Cavalry, numerically inadequate, 151;
expedients for augmenting, 153;
proposed territorial organization, 167

Gravelotte, example of faulty reconnaissance reports, 288

Ground, value of tactical advantage of, 78;
acquisition of, for field-training, 239

Halts on march, 128

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