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 INDEX OF EXAMPLES FROM MILITARY HISTORY.

A.

Alaslar, August 25, 1877. PAGE Ammunition, expenditure of, 472

Albuera, 1811. Losses, 227

Amiens, November 27, 1870. Frontage, 237

Austerlitz. Attacking column, formation, 44

Azay, January 6, 1871. Masks, effect of, 112

B.

Baalon, September 17, 1870. Surprise, 331

Beaumont, August 30, 1870. Advance guard, deployment of, 231, 232 Artillery, losses of the, 327 Cavalry charge, 309 Deployment of an advance  guard, 231, 232 Distribution in depth, 231, 232 Flank attack, 357 Frontage, 231, 232 Frontal counter-attack, 437 Ineffective rapid fire at short ranges, 162 Line of platoons in columns of twos, 121 Losses, artillery under infantry fire, 327 Rencontre, 339 Surprise, 331 Woods, passage through, 333

Beaune la Bolande, November 28, 1870. Ammunition, expenditure and supply of, 470 Shortage of, 469 Short range fire, 153 Withholding the fire, 152

Belmont, November 22, 1899. Night march, 351

Boer War—see South African War (1899-1902).

Busaco. Frontal counter-attack, 437

Buzanval, January 19, 1871. Ammunition, expenditure of, 470