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Title: Elements of Military Art and Science
Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification,
Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff,
Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To
The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With
Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.

Author: Henry Wager Halleck

Release Date: July 1, 2005 [EBook #16170]

Language: English

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ELEMENTS OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE: OR, COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN
STRATEGY, FORTIFICATION, TACTICS OF BATTLES, &c.

EMBRACING THE DUTIES OF STAFF, INFANTRY, CAVALRY, ARTILLERY, AND
ENGINEERS.

ADAPTED TO THE USE OF VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA.

THIRD EDITION.

WITH CRITICAL NOTES ON THE MEXICAN AND CRIMEAN WARS.

BY

H. WAGER HALLECK, A.M., MAJOR GENERAL, U.S.A.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

443 & 445 BROADWAY.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN

1862.

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1846, BY D.
APPLETON & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the
United States for the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE 5

I. INTRODUCTION.--Dr. Wayland's Arguments on the Justifiableness of War
briefly examined. 7

II. STRATEGY.--General Divisions of the Art.--Rules for planning a
Campaign.--Analysis of the Military Operations of Napoleon. 35

III. FORTIFICATIONS.--Their importance in the Defence of States proved
by numerous Historical Examples. 61

IV. LOGISTICS.--Subsistence.--Forage.--Marches.--Convoys.--
Castrametation. 88

V. TACTICS.--The Twelve Orders of Battle, with Examples of
each.--Different Formations of Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and
Engineers on the Field of Battle, with the Modes of bringing Troops into
action. 114

VI. MILITARY POLITY.--The Means of National Defence best suited to the
character and con