e cards, 135
Ranges of artillery, 173
of small arms, 166
of mortars, 173
Rappahannock Station, 161
Rastatt, 128
Rear guard, 119-128
aircraft, 120
artillery, 120
cavalry, 120
composition, 120
distance, 121
distribution, 120-121
examples, 126-128
infantry, 120
main guard, 120-121
machine guns, 120
mechanical transport, 120
medical arrangements, 120
night, 145
positions, 121-124
rear party, 120-121
Royal Engineers, 120
strength, 119-120
tactics, 79, 119, 121-128
training, 124-125
Reconnaissance and protection, 98-101, 175
by raids, 142
during battle, 36
for attack, 141-142
for defence, 142-143
intelligence officers, 141-142
tactical, 141-143
Reorganisation after attack, 97
and pursuit, 69
Report centres, 163
Reports, battle, 68
on positions, 141-143
Reserve, general, in attack, 56-57
in defence, 94-95
outposts, 131
local, 55-56, 92, 95, 125, 130, 134
Resistance, line of, 84, 134
Retiring under fire, 40-41
Retreat from Mons, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165
lines of, 89-90
tactics in, 104-105
Reumont, 66
Rezonville, 96
Rifle, the British, 38, 164-165
Rifle grenade, the, 166
Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, K.G., 15-16, 151 (_quoted_):--
"Germany Strikes," 17
Rolica, combat at, 95, 127
Roman walls, 82
Rorke's Drift, 77-78, 156
Royal Engineers, characteristics of, 172, 174
defence, 172
Horse Artillery, 170
in attack, 67, 153
outposts, 137
retreats, 120
West Kent Regiment, 42
Runners, 35
Russia, collapse of, 52
North (Campaign), 66-67
Russian War of 1854-1855, 82
Russo-Japanese War, 82, 117-118
Russo-Turkish War, 18, 82

Sadowa, battle of, 96
St. Privat, battle of, 60
Salamanca, battle of, 27, 78
Salient, the (1864), 97, 149
(Ypres), 39
Sambre, battle of the, 21
Sannah's Post, 118, 124
Sarrail, General, 37
Sauroren, battle of, 10
Savage warfare, 156-157
Scarpe, battle of the, 21
Scouts (platoon), 71
Secrecy, 25, 29-31, 51, 102, 144, 145-146, 153-154
Sectors of defence, 94
Sedan, battle of, 159
Selle, battle of the, 21
Semi-permanent defences, 85-86
Seneca _quoted_: (Surprise), 102
Sentry groups, 131, 136-137
Serre Hill, 148-149
Seven Days' Battle, the, 14, 90
Sharpsburg, battle of, 14, 15, 48
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