scale, 283

Reconnaissance by independent bodies of Cavalry necessary, 7;
rendered more difficult by range of modern firearms, 10;
and by smokeless powder, 10;
value of intensified, 12;
must be a separate service from screening, 31;
an exception to this, 41;
advantage of defeating enemy's reconnoitrers, 31;
under fire very difficult to effect, 39;
on the battle-field, 66;
cavalry leader must organize his own, 120;
training for scouting the basis of instruction in, 269;
knowledge of principles of 'higher strategy' essential, 288

Reconnoitring patrols, 134 _et seq._

Recruits, training of, 188 _et seq._, 273. See also 'Training'

Regiment, the fundamental tactical unit, 228

Regimental call, value of, 230 _et seq._

'Regimental column' formation, 227;
merits of double, 229

Regulations should not lay down fixed evolutions, 70;
but only essential principles of action, 70;
existing edition of, requires revision, 70, 79;
importance of Section 346, 76;
rearrangement recommended, 244;
as to training of dismounted squadrons, 253

Reinforcements, difficulty of supplying Cavalry, 151

Remounts, supply of, in War, 159;
English blood in, 187;
training of, 187

Reports in the field to be made to Headquarters and to adjacent
columns, 11;
transmission of, 138 _et seq._

Reserve forage, 131

Reserve squadrons, position for, during attack, 232

Reserve troops an easy prey to Cavalry when once beaten, 15

Rest, importance of, to horses, 124, 125

Retreat, advantages of 'outer lines' in, 78;
duty of Cavalry covering a, 88

Riding, cross-country, 186;
individual, 189

Riding School, 193 _et seq._

Roszbach, Battle of, 83

Rushes, advancing by, 113

Rye as forage, 206

Schlichting, General von, writings of, 81;
criticism of, 83;
on application of drill-book principles, 237

School, Riding, 192;
War (see 'War School');
of Cavalry, 290

Screening, importance of, 12;
during absence of troops, 27;
must give way to obtaining intelligence, 28;
distinct from reconnoitring, 32;
must be fought for, 33

Security when secondary to obtaining intelligence, 28;
during rest, 122;
general advantages of, 124

Sedan, Battle of, 87

Seidlitz, Von, at Zorndorf, 87

Simplicity essential to successful tactics, 68

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