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 Losses, 36, 50, 51, 153, 332 Percentage of, 188, 189, 227 Produced by infantry and artillery fire, 167 Long range fire, 176 Relative, officers to men, 189, 190 Under artillery fire, 324 Machine guns, employment of, 260, 275, 283, 289, 290 Masks, effect of, 120 Mistakes caused by trumpet signals, 42 Mixing of organizations, 195, 226 Moral effect of a cavalry charge, 306 Fire, 426 Gen. Bennal's impressions at Wörth, 191 On charging cavalry, 309 Number of troops required for attack and defense, 234 Passage through timber, 333 Ranges, underestimation of, 142 Removal of packs, 364 Rencontre, 339 Reserves, employment of, 340, 395, 396, 397 Rushes, employment of, 93, 94, 95 Length of, 89, 90 Sand bags, use of, in attack, 344, 390 Study of, 7-8 Surprise, 208, 250, 252, 331, 340 Surrender of British troops in Boer War, 192 Telephone communication at Mukden, 247 Temperature, effect of, 145 Trumpet signals, mistakes caused by, 42 United attack, necessity of, 402 Use of spade in attack, 387, 388 Value of, 8, 9, 10 Void of the battlefield, 194 Volleys, use of, 164 Woods, passage through, 333 Wounds Produced by cutting weapons, 384 Character of, 128, 129

MINOR TACTICS, 12

MISSES, effect of; Wolozkoi's theory, 173

MITRAILLEUSE, 259

MIXING OF ORGANIZATIONS, 195, 226 How prevented, 96, 97

MORAL EFFECT Cavalry charge, 306 Counter-attack, 436 Fire, 191, 227 On charging cavalry, 309

MORAL FACTORS and discipline, 107, 108

MOUNTAIN TROOPS, 23

MOUNTAIN WARFARE, 23

MOUNTED INFANTRY, 25, 26, 27

MOUNTED MESSENGERS, use on battlefield, 246