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 Orders, issue of, 336 Provisions of various regulations, 339 Use of echelon formation in, 74 Switzerland, 466

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, influence of, on war, 3

RESERVE Employment of, in attack, 394 Examples of employment of, 340, 395, 396, 397 General, distance from defensive line, 430 Interval from flank of defensive line, 430 Position in defense, 429 Strength of, in defense, 431 In retreat, 442 Launching or withholding the, 396 Section, 411 Size of, in various units, 235 Strength of the (in attack and defense), 395

RETREAT Direction of, 440, 442 Rallying position, 442 Reserve, 442

RICOCHETS, effect of, 185

RIFLE—see Rifles

RIFLEMEN, 22

RIFLE-RESTS, influence of, 178

RIFLES Automatic, 126 Influence of various, on density of battle formations (table), 240 Used in Russo-Japanese War, 127 Weight of, in various armies (table), 40

ROAD SPACE—see Depth

ROUTE COLUMN (with plate), 57 Battalion in, 72 Machine gun battery, 273, 274

RUSHES Advance by, 82 Austria, 449 England, 462 Examples of the employment of, 93, 94, 95 Gait to be employed in, 82, 86 How made in various armies, 90, 91 Italy, 452 Japan, 91, 463 Length of, 83 Lessons of the Boer and Russo-Japanese Wars, 88, 89, 90 Long or short, 85, 86 Preparation for, 83 Provisions of various regulations, 90-91 Russia, 91 Short or long, 85, 86 Strength of the rushing unit, 83 Time required for, 83