. France and the next war : a French view of modern war . o U. UJ O CO _) >- u dL III < a: *o -»o ii6 THE BATTLE. with the Austrian army to the north-east, betweenKoniginhof and Skahtz ; Frederick Charles, havingbarely got farther than Gitschin, is about lo milesnorth-west of the hostile positions, and is separatedfrom the Crown Prince by an empty space of 12^ miles ;the Army of the Elbe is still farther to the west.*Imagine Napoleon in such a situation ; imagine againthe victors of Leipzig in the place of the Prussians of1866 : there is no doubt that the general attack wouldtake place n
. France and the next war : a French view of modern war . o U. UJ O CO _) >- u dL III < a: *o -»o ii6 THE BATTLE. with the Austrian army to the north-east, betweenKoniginhof and Skahtz ; Frederick Charles, havingbarely got farther than Gitschin, is about lo milesnorth-west of the hostile positions, and is separatedfrom the Crown Prince by an empty space of 12^ miles ;the Army of the Elbe is still farther to the west.*Imagine Napoleon in such a situation ; imagine againthe victors of Leipzig in the place of the Prussians of1866 : there is no doubt that the general attack wouldtake place next day, the three armies convergingtowards Koniggratz, the Crown Prince fighting thefrontal battle, Frederick Charles taking the enemy in * Sketch map. Before Sadowa, June 30. THE BATTLE IN MODERN WARS 117 reverse and seizing the defile of Koniggratz on his lineof retreat. Moltke does not admit such a the one hand he brings the 2nd Army and on theother the Elbe Army into touch with the ist Army,and on the evening of July i all three together on afront of i8| miles for 300,000 men. ^ This is the densit
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