Military Letters and Essays, No. 1
Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing, 1895. 303, text has darkened, front board quite weak, front endpaper torn, weakness to rear board, library call number. Board and spine edges worn. Part of The International Series edited by Captain Arthur L. Wagner. Most of the letters in this volume originally appeared in the columns of the Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore. Their purpose was to keep officers in Lahore informed of the direction current military thought was taking in the principal armies of Europe, in all branches of the art of war, strategy, tactics, organization, and the training of troops for war. Topics covered include statistics of the Franco-German War, conditions of modern warfare, cost of modern war, present tactical tendencies in the German Army, notes on the French maneuvers, Von Moltke's work, the spirit of the new German infantry regulations, and blank vs. ball cartridge tactics, among many others. Condition: as is, ex-lib.
Keywords: Military Tactics, Military Strategy, Military Training, Franco-German War, Infantry Regulation, Von Moltke, German Army, Ball Cartridge, Troop Strength
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