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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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THE PRINCIPLES OF WAR CHAPTER I on the teaching of war " It is not some familiar spirit whioh suddenly and secretly discloses to me what I have to say or do in a case unexpected by others, it is reflexion, meditation "-Napoleon Gentlemen, On the pediment of this building may be read the inscription : Ecole de Guerre (School of War). Can these two words, school and war, be associated ? How can one conceive that this function, war, which displays itself on battle-fields, m the midst of the unforeseen and of danger, which makes use of surprise and of all the attribute^ of force, violence, and brutality, m order to create terror, may be prepared by that other function, study, which can only live in calm, in method, in reflexion, in discussion, and in reason? In a word, " Can war be taught ? Does its nature allow it to be taught ? " If the teaching of war is possible, on what matter does such teaching bear? Up to what hunts can such teaching extend ? Under what form can teach

Table of Contents

CHAP ; I On the Teaching op War 1; II Primal Characteristics op Modern War 22; III Economy op Forces 48; IV Intellectual Discipline-Freedom op Action ; as a Function op Obedience 97; V The Service op Security 116; VI The Advance Guard 138; VII The Advance Guard at Naohod 160; VIII Strategical Sur^ribh 232; IX Strategical Security 252; X The Battle Decisive Attack 281; XI Battle An Historical Instance 304; XII Modern Battle 327; LIST OF PLANS; I-IN THE TEXT; Facing page; A Battle of Nachod Position about 9am 182; B ,, Position befoie 10 a m 190; 0 „ Position at 10 30 a m 190; D „ „ Fighting between 1130 and 12 212; E „ Conjectured positions of the First; Bngade 204; F Conjectured attack of the FirBt Brigade 204; G „ „ Position about 12 30 222; H Attack on Wysokow by Waldstatten's; Brigade 224; 1 Theatie of Opeiations of the Italian Aimy in Hungary (1809) 262 J Neighbourhood of Saalfeld 304 K Battle of Saalfeld, 1st movement,

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