. How armies fight. Sup ply CoZtwir? Zrid 23ec<,7-e7- Company CD tDl^-2te^7-<?7- Cc7np&7-iy Ind Held Siaspitdtl ttl LD15^ .?%&* /JospitaZ F10. 48. This diagram shows the composition of the two cavalry brigades forming the cavalrydivision which, commanded by Lieutenant-General Douglas, accompanied the British armyto Belgium, as narrated in the first part of this book. the captains explaining them to the subalterns and menin their companies. An army in the field is very like a man fighting withthose good old British weapons, his fists. The staff is his brain, which plans how to outwit hisa
. How armies fight. Sup ply CoZtwir? Zrid 23ec<,7-e7- Company CD tDl^-2te^7-<?7- Cc7np&7-iy Ind Held Siaspitdtl ttl LD15^ .?%&* /JospitaZ F10. 48. This diagram shows the composition of the two cavalry brigades forming the cavalrydivision which, commanded by Lieutenant-General Douglas, accompanied the British armyto Belgium, as narrated in the first part of this book. the captains explaining them to the subalterns and menin their companies. An army in the field is very like a man fighting withthose good old British weapons, his fists. The staff is his brain, which plans how to outwit hisadversary, thinks of ways and means, and controls themovements of the rest of the body. 490 A MODERN ARMY. The cavalry are his eyes and ears, with which he tracesthe enemys movements. The artillery is his left arm, with which he can reachfar and strike hard. The mounted infantry is his right arm, which he canuse to strike an unexpected blow, and with which he canquickly guard his body against sudden Fig. 48a.—Comparison between an Army and a Man. The engineers and the army service corps are his feet,both necessary for keeping him moving forward. The great mass of infantry is his body, in which liesall his power. If brain, eyes, arms, or feet are injured, the man mayyet live, though he is seriously crippled. But the collapseof the body from a very heavy blow paralyzes him for thetime being.
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