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Title: A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry

Author: Francis J. Lippitt

Release Date: March 6, 2008 [EBook #24765]

Language: English

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A TREATISE

ON THE

TACTICAL USE OF THE THREE ARMS:

INFANTRY, ARTILLERY, AND CAVALRY.

BY

FRANCIS J. LIPPITT,

EX-COLONEL SECOND INFANTRY, CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.

NEW YORK:
D. VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER,
192 BROADWAY.
1865.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865,

By D. VAN NOSTRAND,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

ALVORD, PRINTER.

TO THE MILITARY PUBLIC.

The Author would feel obliged for any facts or suggestions which might
enable him to render a future edition of this work more valuable.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., _July, 1865_.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE

Tactical Use of Infantry 3

I. ITS ATTACK, GENERALLY 4
II. FORMATIONS FOR ATTACK 8
III. THE ATTACK, HOW MADE 19
IV. BAYONET CHARGES 24
V. DEFENCE AGAINST INFANTRY 27
VI. DEFENCE AGAINST ARTILLERY 34
VII. DEFENCE AGAINST CAVALRY 36
VIII. SQUARES 40
IX. SKIRMISHERS 49
A. THEIR USE