Strategy and tactics: . held dur-ing a battle, so will it be of importance to the enemyto seize it. If the rising ground is of varying eleva-tion, the highest is the most important point. Muchwill be gained if, in such a case, a block-house or re-doubt can be erected. The heights may form a line of hills whose direc-tion is either parallel to the line of retreat or cuts has been said above is applicable to the firstcase, and in the second the heights present in agreater or less degree the advantages of a good posi-tion. The first line will then be placed at the crestof the slopes ; the
Strategy and tactics: . held dur-ing a battle, so will it be of importance to the enemyto seize it. If the rising ground is of varying eleva-tion, the highest is the most important point. Muchwill be gained if, in such a case, a block-house or re-doubt can be erected. The heights may form a line of hills whose direc-tion is either parallel to the line of retreat or cuts has been said above is applicable to the firstcase, and in the second the heights present in agreater or less degree the advantages of a good posi-tion. The first line will then be placed at the crestof the slopes ; the second line and the reserves on the DEFENSIVE BATTLES. 235 plateau or the reverse slopes, so as to be greatly orentirely ont of view of the enemy. The line of battlethus follows the general direction of the chain ofhills, and will be more advantageous, as it cuts theline of retreat more nearly at right angles. On theother hand, the more oblique the line of retreat, theless favorable is the position. The army A B (fig-.
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