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ACCELERATED FIRE, effect of, 162

ACCELERATED TIME, in various armies (tables), 54

ACCURACY, effect of, in collective fire, 169

ACTION Breaking off an, 441 Conduct and duties of the leaders in, 399 Containing, 445 Delaying, 445

ADJUSTMENT, artillery fire, 319

ADVANCE Crawling—see Crawling Fire while in motion, 92, 93 Firing line in attack, 366 Formations suitable for, through timber, 332 Impulse from the rear, 95 Infantry under artillery fire, 321 Rushes—see Rushes Skirmish line, 76

ADVANCE BY CRAWLING—see Crawling

ADVANCE BY RUSHES—see Rushes

ADVANCE GUARD. Battalion, formation for attack, 212 Conduct in a rencontre, 334 Conduct of, France, 454 Italy, 451

ADVANCED POSITIONS, 413 Austria, 450 Danger of fight being decided in, 414 England, 462 Examples of, 412 Example of attack on, 348 Japan, 465 Russia, 413

ADVANCED TROOPS, 349

AGENTS DE LIAISON, 245

AIM, points of, 165

AIMING POSITION, warding off cavalry, 307

ALPINI, 22, 24

ALTITUDE, effect of, on ranges, 145

AMMUNITION CARTS—see Ammunition Wagons