Principles of the art and science of war and their application in modern warfare . as the extreme effective range of the enemys infantry fire in one body. Tlie company which furnishesthem should always be extended in one line before it becomes a targetfor the enemys fire, even if at first it had formed some supports. Thisadvance from one thousand two hundred to eight hundred, if possible,to six hundred paces of the enemy, takes place as long as may be with-out opening fire, individual firing by word of command being only al-lowed when you can no longer dispense with its animating effect, orwdi


Principles of the art and science of war and their application in modern warfare . as the extreme effective range of the enemys infantry fire in one body. Tlie company which furnishesthem should always be extended in one line before it becomes a targetfor the enemys fire, even if at first it had formed some supports. Thisadvance from one thousand two hundred to eight hundred, if possible,to six hundred paces of the enemy, takes place as long as may be with-out opening fire, individual firing by word of command being only al-lowed when you can no longer dispense with its animating effect, orwdien special reasons for it arise (such as the necessits^ of driving in ad-vanced parties of the enemy, etc.).By rushes. As soon as the line of skirmishers reaches the zone of loss from aim- ed infantry fire it changes its mode of progression to that of the alter-nate rushing foiward and lying down of separate fractions. As far as it is possible (the nature of the ground and the advantage i/TL Il/wl (rt CArLom/TU, cu nva/u it It ^niamlcL tc t^ 3CO ^i J/La/m. xX J^C4mman^. o o y^. j^ £^ne/yn^ 3oo !/cU.


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