The book The Operations of War Explained And Illustrated was written by author Edward Bruce Hamley Here you can read free online of The Operations of War Explained And Illustrated book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Operations of War Explained And Illustrated a good or bad book?
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When at Montmirail, after the several defeats of Blucher, he had the option of falling on the flank of Schwartzenberg on the inner bank of the Seine, at Mormant and Nangis, by Sezanne. He sacrificed the advan- tage of the situation in making the circuit by Meaux to Guignes, which brought him on the enemy's front. No doubt the alarm of the people of Paris, and his precarious hold on the nation through the capital, fur- nished good political reason for interposing between it and the enemy ; but, ...judged on military grounds, it was a mistake. The peril incurred by an assailant in attempting a turning movement on one bank of a river while operating with the rest of the army on the other, is illustrated by the position of Colloredo's corps at Eontainebleau, which would have been irremediably separated from the others had the bridge EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED. 295 of Montereau not been defended by the Allies against more than one attack. It appears to have been a mistake to send a force in pursuit of Sacken and York beyond the Marne at Chateau-Thierry.
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