139.
instructions to generals commanding corps in, 260, 261.
particulars to be considered in, 260.
system of, 135, 138.
rapid, 176.
rules for, 257-263.
transversal, in mountainous countries, 163.
two kinds of, 260.

Marengo, French armament at, 47.
Napoleon's order of battle at, 198.

Maritime expeditions, 361-390.

Marmont at Salamanca, 206.

Marsin, 53.

Masonry towers, Archduke Maximilian's system of defense by, 158.

Massena, position of, in Switzerland in 1799,165, 166.

Massena's position of the Albis, 181.

Materiel of war, 49.
should be inspected by staff officers, 257.

Maurice of Saxony, 22.

Maxim for distant invasions, 173.

Maxims for frontier defenses, 148, 152.
of fundamental principle of war, 70.
on intrenched camps, 155, 156.
on lines of operations, 114-122.
on operations in mountainous countries, 163.
on strategic fronts, 98, 99.
on strategic operations, 90.
relative to supplies, 143-146.

Mayence, Austrian camp before, 157.
fortresses at, 150.
intrenched camp at, 211.

Mexico, expedition against, in 1862, 390.

Middle Ages, expeditions of the, 171.

Military education important to a ruler, 49.
geography and statistics, importance
of a knowledge of, 40.
geography, Lloyd's essay on, 40.
institutions, 43.
institutions of Rome, 61.
instruments, signals by, 276.
operations influenced by a cabinet, 42.
policy, 38.
policy, essential bases of, 49.
sciences, study of. 49.
spirit, how encouraged, 61.
spirit, how maintained, 63.
spirit of nations, 60.
statistics and geography, 39.

Militia as cavalry, 314, 315.

Millesimo, effect of the battle of, 111.

Minden, French order at, 278.

Mithridates, 364, 365.

Mixed order, infantry formation, 295.
system of Benningsen at Eylau, 352.

Modern inventions, effect of, on character of naval armaments, 376.
marine expeditions, 249.

Mohammed II., 375.

Molitor, General, 167.

Mollwitz, battle of, 348.

Montesquieu, opinion of, as to great enterprises, 125.

Moors, invasion of Europe by, 367.

Morale of armies, 60, 178, 322.
of cavalry, 312.

Moreau at Engen, 203.
base of operations of, in 1800, 82.
retreat of, in 1796, 233.

Moreau's diversion toward Kastadt in 1800, 222.
passage of the Rhine in 1800, 224, 225.

Morocco, Spanish descent on, in 1859, 389.

Moscow, retreat of the French from, 233.

Mountain-campaigns, instances of, 169