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Instructions for his generals / Frederick the Great ; translated by General Thomas R. Phillips.

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  • ISBN: 0486444031
  • ISBN: 9780486444031
  • Physical Description: 104 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Harrisburg, Pa. : Military Service Pub. Co., 1944.
Formatted Contents Note:
Instructions, 1747 21 -- Projects of Campaign 24 -- Defense to Offense 31 -- Subsistence and Commissary 34 -- Importance of Camps 40 -- Study of Enemy Country 47 -- Detachments; How and Why Made 51 -- Talents of a General 53 -- Ruses, Strategems, Spies 58 -- Different Countries, Precautions 61 -- Kinds of Marches 62 -- River Crossings 68 -- Surprise of Cities 71 -- Attack-Defense, Fortified Places 72 -- Battles and Surprises 75 -- Attack on Entrenchments 77 -- Defeating Enemy With Unequal Forces 82 -- Defense of Positions 87 -- Battle in Open Field 89 -- Pursuit and After Battle 93 -- How and Why to Accept Battle 95 -- Hazards and Misfortunes of War 96 -- Cavalry and Infantry Maneuvers 99 -- Winter Quarters 101 -- Winter Campaigns 104.
Language Note:
Translated from the German.
Subject:
Prussia (Kingdom). Armee > Officers' handbooks.
Command of troops > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Generals > Germany > Prussia > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Military art and science > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.

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