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 13. Losses In Action     185 Losses in the various formations     186 Losses among officers     189

14. The Moral Effect of Fire     191 The impressions produced upon General Bonnal by the battle of Wörth     191 Surrenders of British troops in South Africa     192 Limit of endurance in battle     193 The "void of the battlefield"     194 Mixing of organizations     195 Fighting power of improvised units     197 Overcoming crises in action     198

V. DEPLOYMENTS FOR ACTION     201

1. Normal Procedure     201 The normal attack     202 Drill attack     204

2. Concentration, Development, and Deployment for Action     205 Development for action     207 Deployment for action     209

3. The Battalion, the Regiment, and the Brigade     210 The battalion     210 The regiment     214 The brigade     216 Base units     218 Examples of changes of front     220

4. Distribution in Depth and Frontage of Combat Formations     222 Dangers of distribution in depth     222 Plevna and Wafangu     222, 223 Distribution in depth necessary during the preparatory stage     224 Contrast between distribution in depth and frontage     225 Dangers of over-extension (Spicheren)     225, 226 Influence of fire effect and morale upon frontage     227, 228 Influence of the task assigned a force     231 Delaying actions. Night attacks. Defense     232, 233 Approximate figures for the extent of front that may be covered     233 Frontage of the several units     235, 236 The Boer War     238 The Russo-Japanese War     239 Table of troops per km. of front     240