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This collection of essays contains fifteen chapters. Chapters one introduces the topic of war in its various forms, before chapter two considers the more general topic of strategy. Chapter three examines the tactical use of cavalry, which leads into the fourth chapter which looks at the tactical use of the combination of the three arms (cavalry, infantry and artillery). Henderson then goes on to look at the career of the Duke of Wellington in ...

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Excerpt from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War, Vol. 1 of 2The second lesson is that to hand over to civilians the administration and organisation of the army, whether in peace or in war, or to allow them to interfere in the selection of officers for command or promotion, is most injurious to efficiency, while, during war, to allow them, no matter how high their political capacity, to dictate to commanders in the field any line of c...

Excerpt from Short Tactical Studies: I. The Battle of W¿rth, August 6th, 1870The ridge cast of Worth, which had been surveyed and reported on so early as 1818 as an excellent ¿ank position against an invasion of Alsace, is a spur of the Vosges Mountains. The Vosges in this district nowhere attain a height of more than 1550 feet, but they are covered with forest from crest to foot, broken up into many parallel ridges, and traversed by few roads...

Excerpt from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War, Vol. 2 of 2Before Yorktown mcclellan's five army corps had been held in check, first by men, then by protected by earthworks of feeble profile.1 The fort at Gloucester Point was the key of the Confederate lines.' mcclellan, however, although a division was actually under orders to move against it, appears to have been unwilling to risk a failure.3 The channel of the York was thus close...

Excerpt from The Science of War: A Collection of Essays and Lectures, 1891-1903For some years before his death it had been Colonel Henderson's intention to make a collection of his occasional papers and to publish them, in book form, in the hope that they might be of service to the profession he loved so well.Unfortunately, he never found time to carry this intention into effect, and consequently, in the absence of the master~ hand, the duty o...

Excerpt from Short Tactical Studies: I. The Battle of W¿rth, August 6th, 1870 The ridge cast of Worth, which had been surveyed and reported on so early as 1818 as an excellent ¿ank position against an invasion of Alsace, is a spur of the Vosges Mountains. The Vosges in this district nowhere attain a height of more than 1550 feet, but they are covered with forest from crest to foot, broken up into many parallel ridges, and traversed by few roa...

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This is a companion volume - and a much less well-known study - to the same author's classic, The Battle of Spicheren August 6th 1870, providing an account of the 'other' battle fought that day, at Woerth, in Alsace. The Battle of Woerth was, like Spicheren, an encounter battle during the opening phase of the Franco-Prussian War, and had the same result - after a courageous defence the French were forced to withdraw from the field of battle. A...

Excerpt from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War, Vol. 1 of 2The second lesson is that to hand over to civilians the administration and organisation of the army, whether in peace or in war, or to allow them to interfere in the selection of officers for command or promotion, is most injurious to efficiency, while, during war, to allow them, no matter how high their political capacity, to dictate to commanders in the field any line of c...

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