The army and navy of America : containing a full view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents ..from the period of the French and Indian wars to the close of the Mexican war ... . ponent undisco-vered, as indicated in the preceding maxims; and when thelines are rapidly formed according to the method of Frede-rick, as will be seen in the observations on marches. Fig. 13demonstrates the mechanism more clearly. The left wing,B C, of the army A C, will receive the fire of the secondbrigade of the army D K L, while the first brigade, or ex-treme right, formed in c
The army and navy of America : containing a full view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents ..from the period of the French and Indian wars to the close of the Mexican war ... . ponent undisco-vered, as indicated in the preceding maxims; and when thelines are rapidly formed according to the method of Frede-rick, as will be seen in the observations on marches. Fig. 13demonstrates the mechanism more clearly. The left wing,B C, of the army A C, will receive the fire of the secondbrigade of the army D K L, while the first brigade, or ex-treme right, formed in column of divisions, will turn it anddecide the first attack wdth rapidity. The second brigade, inthe oblique direction of its march, wull soon be seconded bythe third; and when that has passed the extremity, whichmust constantly recoil before a contiguous front, the fourthbrigade opens its fire; and in this manner, supposing thearmy D F, K L, arrived at the dotted line H I, the wholewill have been en<]rafTed in succession with a fourth or a third MILITARY MAXIMS AND WARLIKE OPERATIONS. 31 of the enemys line, the battalions of which, being crushedone after another, will be nearly surrounded. Fi-. 13. /I B.
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