Practical Instructions for Military Officers ...: To which is Annexed, a New Military Dictionary ... |
Contents
Of the practical geometry neceſſary for ar ef ficer | 1 |
Of the importance of a knowledge of fortifi cation with rules for choofing pofts and of the different works with which they may be fortified | 30 |
The manner of fortifying churches mills and other detached buildings | 64 |
Of the manner of fortifying villages | 69 |
Of the corps of a partiſan | 78 |
Of the qualifications neceſſary in a partiſan and the manner of acquiring the coupdœil | 90 |
Of ſubordination | 99 |
CHAPTER VIIIOf the dress arms appointments organi zation and tactics of light infantry and riflemen | 108 |
Of reconnoitring | 246 |
CHAPTER XIOf the defence of a village or other detached poft occupied by infantry and cavalry | 257 |
Of the attack of redoubts fieldforts vil lages and other detached poſts | 296 |
Of Stratagems for ſurpriſing poſts and deceiving the enemy in the field | 313 |
Of ambufcades | 331 |
Of conducting a retreat | 339 |
A NEW MILITARY DICTIONARY 34 7 | 347 |
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Of conducting detachments and fecret marches | 227 |