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Mountainous countries as principal fields of operations, 162.
countries, cavalry in, 304.
countries, defense in, 163.
countries, heights to be secured in, 167.
countries, strategic defense in, 164.
countries, strategic positions of, 76.
countries, the offensive in, 167.
countries, transversal marches in, 163.
country, character of a war in, 169.
country, forts in a, 151.
country, invasion of a, 169.

Mountains as eventual lines of defense, 96.
as frontiers, 146.
campaigns in, 169.
importance of, when secondary, 161, 162.
of European countries, relation of, to warlike operations, 161.
strategic operations in, 160.

Mounted infantry, 308.
militia, 315.

Movement by flanks of companies, 300, 301.

Movements, extended, when dangerous, 204.
in which infantry should be exercised, 300.
of armies, points to be attended to, 254-256.
of the enemy, rules for gaining information of, 273, 274.

Murat, surprise of, at Taroutin, 209.

Murray's descent in 1813, 385.

Musketry-fire better for defensive, 203.
influence of, in battles, 348.

N.

Nansouty's charge at Chateau-Thierry, 212.

Naples, French army at, 112.

Napoleon, 111, 164, 166, 170, 171, 177, 185, 198, 218.
and Grouchy at Waterloo, 127,130.
at Austerlitz, 206.
at Essling, 158.
at Ligny, 195.
at Ratisbon, 274.
at Wagram, 195.
double wars of, 37.
English expedition against, in 1815, 385.
his own chief staff officer, 264.
operations of the armies of, 136.

Napoleon's artillery, 318.
artillery at Wagram, 316.
base of operations in 1806, 80-82.
battles, orders of, 198.
bold maneuvers in 1814, 118.
campaign of 1800, 137.
cantonment on the Passarge, 247.
central lines in Saxony, 124.
central position in 1813, why disastrous, 123.
changes of line of operations, 118.
choice of objective points, 89.
concentric retreat in 1796, 238.
defense in Champagne in 1814, 125.
detachments in 1805, 222.
error after his victory at Dresden, 124.
error in the campaign of 1812, 172.
favorite objective, 330.
front of operations in 1796, 93.
front of operations in 1813, 93.
infantry, panic of, at Wagram, 64.
line of defense in 1813, 93.
logistics in 1806 and 1815, 264, 265.
march on Bassano, 131.

Napoleon's march on Eylau, 94.
march on Jena in 1806, 94.
march on Naumburg in 1806, 94.
march to Koenigsberg, 20.
mode of issuing orders, 259.