f, illustrated, 116.
of maneuver, importance of, 114.
of operations, 100-103.
of operations at home and in hostile countries, contrasted, 121.
of operations, best direction of, 115.
of operations, change of, 118.
of operations, converging and divergent, 118.
of operations, double, 110.
of operations, double, when advantageous, 123.
of operations, great art of directing, 120.
of operations, how established, 114.
of operations, how influenced, 119.
of operations, illustration of, by strategic field of 1806, 113.
of operations in fertile and barren countries, contrasted, 122.
of operations in the wars of the French Revolution, 104.
of operations, maxims on, 114.
of operations, rivers as, 76.
of operations, selecting of, 80.

Lines of operations, to have a geographic and strategic direction, 115.
of Stollhofen, 154.
of Turin, 153.
of Turin, capture of, 213.
parallel, 200.
strategic, 128, 129.
strategic, of Napoleon in 1796, 131.

Linz, towers of, 158.

Lloyd's proposed fourth rank in infantry formation, 291.

Logistics, 69, 252-268.
derivation of the term, 253.
faulty, instances of, 265-267.
illustration of importance of, 263-268.
of battle of Leipsic, 267.
principal points of, 254-256.

Louis VII., Crusade of, 372.
IX., Crusade of, 374.
IX., expedition of, to Tunis, 375.
XIV., coalition against, 36.
XIV., commissariat of, 142.

Louvois, 59.

Lyons as a strategic and decisive point, 87.

M.

Macdonald's column at Wagram, 295, 296.
error at Katzbach, 124.

Mack, 164, 170.
at Ulm, 53.

Magnesia, victory of, 364.

Malplaquet, 183.

Malta, descent of Mugtapha on, 377.

Maneuvering, success in battle depends on, 360.

Maneuver line, 114, 115.
lines, 103.
lines of, their importance, 114.
objective points of, 88.
pivots of, 98.
tactical, by flank, 140.
turning, 179, 206.

Maneuvers, 200, 201, 207.
at Ulm and Jena, 90.
for breaking through a line, 197.
must conform to strategic principles, 333.
objective points of, 89.
of Napoleon in 1814,118.
simplest, most likely to be successful, 196.
strategic lines of, 128.
sudden, generally better than predetermined, 196.
transversal, 163.

Maneuvers, turning, rules for, 204.

Mantua, siege of, 111.
Wurmser at, 156.

March, establishment of depots on, 262.

Marches and attacks, arrangements of, 258.
effects of systems of, 138.
flank,