Napoleon's Maxims of WarJames G. Gregory, 1861 - 186 ページ |
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advanced guard advantage adversary Archduke Charles arms army of observation art of war artillery attack Austrian army baggage batteries battle of Leipzig beaten Berwick besieging bridge camp campaign capitulate cavalry centre columns commanded compelled Condé contravallation courage cover debouched deceive the enemy defence defiles depôts detachments different corps directed duke enabled enemy's entrench fatigue favorable Fenestrelle field of battle fight flanks force fortresses Frederick French army front garrison general-in-chief genius infantry inferior in numbers junction line of operation manœuvre Mantua Marshal Berwick Marshal Daun Marshal Saxe Marshal Turenne Marshal Villars MAXIM means ments military movement Napoleon necessary never NOTE obliged occupy officers paign passage pieces of cannon position Prince Eugene prince of Condé principle Provéra raise the siege rally rapid march rear reserve resume the offensive retire retreat Rhine river secure soldier success superior talent tête de pont thousand prisoners tion toises troops victory wing
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108 ページ - A space should always be left between the fortress and the river, where an army may form and rally without being obliged to throw itself into the place, and thereby compromise its security. An army retiring upon Mayence before a pursuing enemy is necessarily compromised; for this reason, because it requires more than a day to pass the bridge, and because the lines of Cassel are too confined to admit an army to remain there without being blocked up. Two hundred toises should have been left between...
172 ページ - Some men are so physically and morally constituted as to see everything through a highly coloured medium. They raise up a picture in the mind on every slight occasion, and give to every trivial occurrence a dramatic interest. But whatever knowledge, or talent, or courage, or other good qualities such men may possess, nature has not formed them for the command of armies, or the direction of great military operations.
102 ページ - When a river is less than sixty toises, (or one hundred and twenty yards,) in breadth, and you have a post upon the other side, the troops which are thrown across derive such advantages from the protection of your artillery, that, however small the angle may be, it is impossible for the enemy to prevent the establishment Of a bridge. In this case, the most skilful generals, when they have discovered the project of their adversary, and brought their own army to the point of crossing, usually content...
8 ページ - In forming the plan of a campaign, it is requisite to foresee everything the enemy may do, and to be prepared with the necessary means to counteract it.
172 ページ - THE first qualification in a generalin-chief is a cool head — that is, a head which receives just impressions, and estimates things and objects at their real value. He must not allow himself to be elated by good news, or depressed by bad. The impressions he receives either successively or simultaneously in the course of the day, should be so classed as to take up only the exact place in his mind which they deserve to occupy ; since it is upon a just comparison and consideration of the weight due...
99 ページ - WHEN the enemy's army is covered by a river, upon which he holds several t&tes de pont, do not attack in front. This would divide your force and expose you to be turned. Approach the river in echelon of columns, in such a manner that the leading column shall be the only one the enemy can attack, without offering you his flank. In the meantime, let your light troops occupy the bank, and when you have decided on the point of passage, rush upon it arid fling across your bridge.
7 ページ - THE frontiers of states are either large rivers, or chains of mountains, or deserts. Of all these obstacles to the march of an army, the most difficult to overcome, is the desert ; mountains come next, and broad rivers occupy the third place.
62 ページ - A general of ordinary talent occupying a bad position, and surprised by a superior force, seeks his safety in retreat ; but a great captain supplies all deficiencies by his courage, and marches boldly to meet the attack.
56 ページ - It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it. A field of battle, therefore, which he has previously studied and reconnoitred, should be avoided, and double care should be taken where he has had time to fortify and entrench.
184 ページ - P.EETJSB again and again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Turenne, Eugene, and Frederick. Model yourself upon them. This is the only means of becoming a great captain, and of acquiring the secret of the art of war.