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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Chapter 3: strategy. (search)
stibly those which are found so placed on great rivers as to command both banks; Mayence, Coblentz, Strasbourg, comprehending Kehl, are true models of this kind. This truth admitted, it must be acknowledged also, that places established at the confluence of two great rivers have the advantage of commanding three different fronts of operations, which augments their importance; (the place of Modlin is a case in point.) Mayence, when it yet had the fort of Gustavsburg on the left bank of the Maine, and Cassel on the right, was the most formidable place of arms in Europe; but as it would require a garrison of twenty-five thousand men, a State could not have many of that extent. 4. The great places surrounding commercial and populous cities, offer resources for an army; they are much preferable to the small, especially when the aid of the citizens can yet be counted upon to second the garrison: Metz arrested all the power of Charles V.; Lisle suspended for a whole year the operations