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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.) 1 1 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)
See note at the end of the volume. For the rest localities enter for much in the choice of the different systems, and the essential problem to resolve, for such establishments is to give with the least possible expense a temporary shelter to an army, with every security for one's depots and every facility for debouching offensively, when the opportune moment shall have arrived. Now a system may fulfill this object whatever otherwise may be its defects against a regular attack. Tetes de Fonts. Of all the works of field fortification there are none as important as tetes-de-ponts. The difficulties which the passage of rivers and especially of great rivers offer when they have place in front of an enemy, suffice to demonstrate the immense utility of tetes-de-ponts; we can indeed do much better without intrenched camps than without these works, for in putting your bridges secure from insult you secure yourself against all the disastrous chances which could result from the force