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 MUSICIANS Duties in skirmish line, 79 Posts in skirmish line, 79

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NEEDLE GUN, compared with rifle, model 98, as regards flatness of trajectory, 153

NETHERLANDS, column of fours, 58

NIGHT ATTACKS, distribution in depth, 233

NIGHT OPERATIONS, close order formations, importance of, 104

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, posts of, in various armies, 47

NORMAL ATTACK, 203 v. Boguslawski's views, 204 Clausewitz's views, 204 v. Scherff's views, 205

NORMAL FORMATIONS, necessity for, in some countries, 201

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OBSERVATION OF THE FOREGROUND, 420 Compared with deliberately planned attack, 334, 338

OBSERVATION STATIONS, 421

OBSTACLES, 422

OBUS ALLONGÉ, 115

OFFENSIVE Assumption of the, 428 In defense, 409 Spirit of the, 109, 110

OFFENSIVE-DEFENSIVE, 408

OFFENSIVE RETURN (France), 439, 458

OFFICERS Demeanor, influence of, 84 Losses among, 50, 51 Franco-German War (by arm), 20 Relative to men, 189, 190

OPEN COLUMN, depth of, 47

ORDER IN LINE, machine gun batteries, 273, 274

ORDERS, 41 Combat, 243, 244 Contents of, 41 Issue of, 41 In a rencontre, 336

ORGANIZATION, 34 Battalion, 36, 37 Brigade, 37, 38 Company, 34, 35 In various armies (table), 35