On the Use of Field Artillery On Service With Special Reference to That of An
On the Use of Field Artillery On Service With Special Reference to That of An
A Taubert
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The line of retreat should not lie through defiles or difficulties of ground. The selection of the positions to be fortified should be made with the most solicitous attention to their extent with reference to the disposable force ; for we are only too easily seduced into occupying ground divided off by nature, and thus into dispersing the force over too great an extent. When it is (in contemplation to 'fight a defensive action, such an extended disposi- tion would be the greatest foible of a po...sition ; because it disperses the available force, and leaves no sufficient body of troops in the hands of the commander to deal a powerful blow. If the defence is to be obstinate, more than a quarter of a mile * of frontage for a divi- sion of 12 battalion s, f or more than half a mile for an army-corps J should not be occupied. These gene- * 2009 yards. F 12, 000 men. + 30, 000 men. DEFENCE OF EXTENSIVE ENTRENCHMENTS. 143 rally adopted rules are, nevertheless, not unfrequently departed from. At Idstedt, * the front of the position stretched in a salient curve over an extent of two miles f of ground for 26, 000 men.
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