combat exercises, 195 _et seq._

Skeleton enemy, 244

Soor, action of, 83

Squadron School, the basis of tactical training, 214;
drill, 217;
tactical training of dismounted, 258;
general education of, 272, 276;
practical exercises for, 275

'Squadron column,' merits of, 228

Staff required for Cavalry corps, 228

Strategical handling of Cavalry, importance of, 37;
fixed regulations inapplicable to, 105;
general principles, 105

Subdivision of force, 107

Summary of opinions on Cavalry generally, 294

Supply trains must march as fast as Cavalry, 171;
length of, 172;
mobility of, 173

Supreme Commander, presence of Cavalry essential to success of, 37

Surprise the essence of Cavalry actions, 16;
indispensable in raids, 34;
requirements for success in, 118

System, the 'three-line,' 74

Tactical action by Divisional Cavalry precluded, 40;
of Cavalry changed by new conditions, 49;
'Drei Treffen,' 73;
training for, too elementary, 223

Tactical education for troops generally, 213 _et seq._

Tactical principles, Cavalry _v._ Cavalry, 231 _et seq._;
Cavalry _v._ Infantry and Artillery, 232 _et seq._;
exercises to develop the, 236

Tactical and strategical principles of the future, 83

Telegraph, control of, 140;
limitations as to the use of, in Manoeuvres, 279

'Three-line' system, 73

Training, true purpose of, 161
of Cavalry Staff, 166;
Von Moltke's proposals, 166;
changes must be met by new methods, 181;
of horses and men, 184 _et seq._;
length of period of, 188, 194;
proposed programme for, 200;
preparation for endurance, 207;
War conditions essential to, 208;
tactical, too elementary at present, 223;
for dismounted fighting, 247 _et seq._;
some deficiencies in present, 217;
of squadrons a stepping-stone to field service, 276

Training grounds ('Truppenuebungs Plaetze'), 239

Transmission of orders during action, 69

'Treffen,' definition of, 74

Trotting on march, 128

Turning movements, when imperative, 115

Verbal orders, 69

Villages, dismounted defence of, 97 _et seq._;
withdrawal from, 99

Vionville, Battle of, 107

Von-Rosenberg at Mars la Tour, 225 (footnote)

Waggons, supply, pace of, 171

War conditions essential to training, 208

War School, extent of teaching at, 289;
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