Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle |
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FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT OF COLONEL ARDANT DU PICQ | 10 |
TRANSLATORS NOTE | 23 |
RECORD OF MILITARY SERVICE OF COLONEL ARDANT | 30 |
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action advance ancient battle ancient combat Ardant du Picq arms army arquebus artillery attack August 15 battalion battle of Pharsalus bayonet better Cæsar camp campaign Cannæ Captain cavalry cavalryman charge chasseurs Cimbri close cohorts Colonel Ardant column confidence conquer courage cuirass danger defense discipline disorder distance enemy engaged escape face fall back fear fight fire at command flank flee Foch force formation fought French front Gallic gallop Gauls gave give halt Hannibal Hasdrubal Hernici horsemen horses Iberians infantryman instant instinct killed leaders legion less lost maneuvers maniples Marshal Marshal Saxe mass mêlée ment methods military modern battle moral effect Napoleon Nervii never non-commissioned officer officers organization phalanx Pharsalus placed Polybius Pompey Pompey's Prussian ranks rear regiment rifle rôle Roman cavalry shots skirmishers soldiers superior surprise sword tactics terrible thing Thionville thousand tion to-day troops unity victory weapons wounded Zouaves