item: #1 of 27 id: 12135 author: Labat, maître d'armes title: The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword date: None words: 27462 flesch: 66 summary: Some Masters teach to parry this Thrust with the Hand in _Quart_, which is very dangerous if the Enemy pushes _Quart_ over the Arm in the Fort, or _Quart_ within, in the Feeble, there being an Opening in one, as well as the other Case; besides the Point is too far from the Line, to make a quick Return. The Feint, to which I give no other Name, it being the most used, and to distinguish it from the others, is done by feinting from _Quart_ to _Tierce_, with a little beat of the Foot, keeping the Body back: the Wrist must be raised in _Quart_, and the Button a little lower than the Pommel, near the Adversary's Blade; by which means you are covered, and can make your Thrust swifter. keywords: adversary; body; foot; guard; hand; left; order; right; sword; thrust; time cache: 12135.txt plain text: 12135.txt item: #2 of 27 id: 13549 author: Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de title: The Art of War date: None words: 144363 flesch: 59 summary: In such armies, and in those recruited by voluntary enlistments, perhaps it would not be advisable to tolerate this fusion of military and civil offices; but where the military service is a temporary duty imposed upon the people, the case is different, and the old Roman laws which required a previous military service of ten years in any aspirant for the public employments, seem to be best calculated to preserve the military spirit,--particularly in this age, when the attainment of material comfort and prosperity appears to be the dominant passion of the people. A geographical objective point may be an important fortress, the line of a river, a front of operations which affords good lines of defense or good points of support for ulterior enterprises. keywords: advantages; armies; army; art; article; artillery; attack; base; battalions; battle; case; cavalry; center; columns; corps; country; defense; defensive; direction; divisions; enemy; field; fire; force; formation; french; general; good; great; importance; infantry; left; line; march; means; men; military; movements; napoleon; offensive; operations; order; passage; place; point; position; retreat; rhine; right; second; state; strategic; success; system; theater; time; troops; use; war; wars cache: 13549.txt plain text: 13549.txt item: #3 of 27 id: 14625 author: Cole, J. P. (James Perry) title: Military Instructors Manual date: None words: 101739 flesch: 78 summary: ============================================================ Drill, Physical | Sketching | Study M.P.T. | ============================================================== Bayonet Drill | Conference | Study | | ===============|======================|============================ | 1.30-2.30 p.m. | Mon. keywords: + =; = +; = .22; = =; = |=====================================; = |=============================================; = |===============================================|; = |=======================================|; = |====================================|; = |======================|; = |====================|===================|; = |=================|=====================|; = |=================|==================|; = |================|===================|; = |==============|=======================|; a.m. |; advance; arms; battalion; bombers =; commander; company; enemy; fire; firing; gas; hour |; kit =; leaf |; left; limit |; line; man; march; men; officer; p.m. |; party =; platoon; point; position; rear; right; roster =; service =; slope =; squad |; study =; time; training =; trenches; warfare =; wigwag =; work; x =; yards; | =; | arm; | attack; | bayonet; | drill; | i.d.r; | m.p.t; | pars; | pgs; | problem; | range; | s.a.f.m; | s.p.i; | situation; | | cache: 14625.txt plain text: 14625.txt item: #4 of 27 id: 15772 author: Machiavelli, Niccolò title: Machiavelli, Volume I date: None words: 131082 flesch: 56 summary: Thei ought then (as I firste tolde you, nor now me thynkes no labour to rehearse it againe) to cause their men to exercise them selves in these battailes, whereby thei maie knowe how to kepe the raie, to knowe their places, to tourne quickly, when either enemie, or situacion troubleth them: for that, when thei knowe how to do this, the place is after easely learned, which a battaile hath to kepe, and what is the office thereof in the armie: and when a Prince, or a common weale, will take the paine, and will use their diligence in these orders, and in these exercisyng, it shall alwaies happen, that in their countrie, there shall bee good souldiours, and thei to be superiours to their neighbours, and shalbe those, whiche shall give, and not receive the lawes of other men: but (as I have saied) the disorder wherein thei live, maketh that thei neclecte, and doe not esteme these thynges, and therefore our armies be not good: and yet though there were either hed, or member naturally vertuous, thei cannot shewe it. This, a bande of menne ordered, cannot dooe; bicause if thesame marche hastely, it goweth out of order: if it go scattered, the enemie shall have no paine to breake it, for that it breaketh by it self: and therfore, I ordered the armie after soche sorte, that it might dooe the one thyng and the other: for as moche as havyng set in the corners thereof, a thousande Veliti, I appoincted that after that our ordinaunce had shotte, thei should issue out together with the light horsemen, to get the enemies artillerie: and therfore, I made not my ordinance to shoote again, to the intente, to give no tyme to the enemie to shoote: Bicause space could not be given to me, and taken from other men, and for thesame occasion, where I made my ordinaunce not to shoote the seconde tyme, was for that I would not have suffered the enemie to have shot at al, if I had could: seyng that to mynde that the enemies artillerie be unprofitable, there is no other remedie, but to assaulte it spedely: for as moche as if the enemies forsake it, thou takeste it, if thei will defende it, it is requisite that thei leave it behind, so that being possessed of enemies, and of frendes, it cannot shoote. keywords: able; alwaies; antiquitie; armes; armie; artillerie; battaile; bee; behinde; beleve; betwene; beyng; bicause; campe; capitaine; case; chap; come; common; cosimo; countrie; daies; desire; doe; dooe; easely; enemie; exercise; fabricio; faight; feare; firste; footemen; force; fortune; good; halfe; hath; havyng; hedde; horsemen; horses; howe; hym; italy; kepe; king; knowe; left; lesse; let; life; little; live; lodgynges; long; machiavelli; maie; maie bee; man; maner; men; menne; moche; moste; necessarie; nomber; occasion; order; overcome; owne; parte; passe; people; pikes; place; pope; power; prince; purpose; rankes; reason; right; romaines; rome; saie; self; selves; serve; set; shoulde; sidenote; small; souldiours; space; stande; state; thee; thei; thereof; thesame; thing; thou; thought; thousande; thy; thynges; time; twoo; tyme; veliti; verie; vertue; waie; warre; way; weapons; whiche; whiche bee; whiche maie; woulde; yardes cache: 15772.txt plain text: 15772.txt item: #5 of 27 id: 16170 author: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) title: Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. date: None words: 142508 flesch: 61 summary: If the work be placed in a position of much importance, and its materials be of a durable character, it is called permanent; if otherwise, it receives the appellation of _field_, or _temporary_. So nations ought to resort to _military force_ only when all other means fail to prevent aggression and injury. keywords: = =; armies; arms; army; artillery; attack; batteries; battle; british; campaign; case; cavalry; character; coast; corps; country; defence; defensive; des; distance; division; enemy; engineer; english; field; fire; fleet; force; form; fortifications; forts; france; french; frontier; garrison; general; good; ground; guns; history; importance; infantry; influence; land; life; light; line; means; men; military; napoleon; naval; new; number; object; officers; open; operations; order; organization; passage; pieces; place; point; position; power; present; retreat; river; second; service; ships; shot; siege; single; staff; state; success; system; time; troops; use; vessels; war; wars; way; works; years cache: 16170.txt plain text: 16170.txt item: #6 of 27 id: 17405 author: Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. title: The Art of War date: None words: 11072 flesch: 81 summary: For the men of Wu and the men of Yueh are enemies; yet if they are crossing a river in the same boat and are caught by a storm, they will come to each other's assistance just as the left hand helps the right. Thus the energy developed by good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height. keywords: army; attack; country; enemy; fight; general; ground; men; soldiers; spies; victory; war cache: 17405.txt plain text: 17405.txt item: #7 of 27 id: 20442 author: Shoemaker, Henry W. title: A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks", McElhattan, Pa. date: None words: 9230 flesch: 84 summary: FRENCH BRASS-BARREL FLINTLOCK PISTOL L. 12-1/2 Cannon-mouth barrel, brass mountings and lockplate, fishtail butt. L. 59 This gun is of the cheapest sort, with painted stock of some soft wood. keywords: arms; army; barrel; brass; cal; collection; condition; german; gun; mark; model; new; pennsylvania; percussion; pistol; ramrod; rifle; silver; stock; war cache: 20442.txt plain text: 20442.txt item: #8 of 27 id: 23473 author: Anonymous title: Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 date: None words: 62808 flesch: 52 summary: The {7} First Battle of the Somme_ (July 1, 1916) not only relieved the pressure on Verdun but held in position large enemy forces which would otherwise have been employed against our Allies in the East. There must be a clear field of fire_ to prevent the enemy approaching unmolested within effective range, and particularly within close range, from which the enemy will endeavour to establish an ascendency in the fire-fight. keywords: action; advance; armies; army; artillery; attack; battle; body; british; cavalry; close; commander; counter; defence; defensive; enemy; field; fighting; fire; flank; force; forward; french; general; great; ground; guard; guns; infantry; information; line; machine; march; night; order; position; rear; reconnaissance; sir; surprise; time; troops; war; warfare cache: 23473.txt plain text: 23473.txt item: #9 of 27 id: 26706 author: Moss, James A. (James Alfred) title: Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition date: None words: 276218 flesch: 71 summary: And so likewise the man who would lead other men successfully in battle must understand men and apply certain general tactical principles with common sense. Should you find the enemy has seen you, it is often advisable to pretend that you have not seen him, or that you have other men with you by signaling to imaginary comrades. keywords: = =; = adjutant; = advance; = answer.=; = captain:=; = column; = corporal; = eyes; = inspection; = manual; = march=; = order; = sergeant; = sir; = squads; = thrust; action; advance guard; arms; artillery; attack =; attention; battalion; bayonet; body; camp; care; case; center; close; color; column right; combat; command =; commander; companies; company; company commander; company officers; cover; day; direction; distance; drill; duty; end; enemy; etc; exercise =; feet; field; fig; fire; firing line; flank; following; foot; form; formation; forward; general; given; good; ground; guard =; half; halt; hand; head; hill; i. =; illustration; inches; infantry; instruction; leader; left; line; major; map; marching; men; military; movements; near; number; object; officer; outpost; paces; par; patrol; piece; place; platoon; point; position; post; practice; range; rank; rear; required; rifle; right; road; saber; salute; second; sentinel; signals; small; soldier; step =; support; target; time; training; trenches; troops; turn; use; water; way; work; yards; | | cache: 26706.txt plain text: 26706.txt item: #10 of 27 id: 277 author: National Atomic Museum (U.S.) title: Trinity Site date: None words: 4684 flesch: 73 summary: The Trinity test took place on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, about 230 miles south of the Manhattan Project's headquarters at Los Alamos, New Mexico. After assembly, the plutonium core was transported to Trinity Site to be inserted into the thing or gadget as the atomic device was called. keywords: alamos; atomic; bomb; house; jumbo; los; mexico; museum; new; project; site; test; trinity cache: 277.txt plain text: 277.txt item: #11 of 27 id: 278 author: White Sands Missile Range (N.M.). Public Affairs Office title: Trinity Site: 1945-1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico date: None words: 4663 flesch: 74 summary: At first Trinity Site was encircled with a fence and radiation warning signs were posted. Trinity Site National Historic Landmark Trinity Site is where the first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, 1945. keywords: atomic; bomb; explosion; ground; house; missile; plutonium; range; site; test; trinity; trinity site cache: 278.txt plain text: 278.txt item: #12 of 27 id: 279 author: None title: Photos and Maps of Trinity (Atomic Test) Site date: None words: 103 flesch: 65 summary: Base camp for Trinity site workers. blast.gif -- Trinity test blast at 10 seconds. tr_map1.gif -- Map of roads to Trinity Site and visitors' site map. keywords: site cache: 279.txt plain text: 279.txt item: #13 of 27 id: 34115 author: Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard) title: Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere date: None words: 14771 flesch: 89 summary: 'we must 'ave more men or I won't be responsible for breakages,' 'e ses. Camp may be a pleasant change for younger men, but it really is a great trial in many ways for commanding officers. keywords: ave; camp; day; ere; field; general; good; gov'mint; illustration; man; men; right; ses; sir; thing; time; way; yer cache: 34115.txt plain text: 34115.txt item: #14 of 27 id: 34269 author: Plattsburgh Barracks (N.Y.) title: Rookie rhymes, by the men of the 1st and 2nd provisional training regiments, Plattsburg, New York date: None words: 10759 flesch: 88 summary: 35 J. S. O'Neale, Jr., Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. THE PLATTSBURG CODE 36 R. L. Hill, Co. 5, 2d P. T. R. A CONFERENCE 38 Donald E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R. SUNDAY IN BARRACKS 41 Anch Kline, Co. 1, 1st P. T. R. THE BALLAD OF MONTMORENCY GRAY 43 Pendleton King, Co. 6, 2d P. T. R. GIRLS 51 Robert M. Benjamin, Co. 3, 1st P. T. R. A LAMENT 52 H. Chapin, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. THE MANUAL 53 George S. Clarkson, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R. THOSE PATRIOTIC SONGS 55 Frank J. Felbel, Co. 2, 2d P. T. R. SATURDAY P.M. 58 Harold Amory, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R. HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED 62 C. K. Stodder, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R. ARMA FEMINAMQUE 63 W. R. Witherell, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R. OUT O' LUCK 65 W. K. Rainsford, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R. SHERMAN WAS RIGHT 69 Joe F. Trounstine, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. TROOPSHIP CHANTY 70 Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. THOSE RUMORS 71 F. L. Bird, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R. WAR'S HORRORS 72 Kenneth McIntosh, 2d Lieut. Burrows, Co. 3, 1st P. T. R. PREOCCUPATION 80 Charles H. Ramsey, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R. INOCULATION DAY 83 Morris Bishop, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R. DON'T WEAKEN 85 R. T. Fry, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R. THE THREE 87 Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. TO THE LITTLE BLACK DOG 89 A. N. Phillips, Jr., 3d Battery, 1st P. T. R. WHEN EAST IS WEST 90 W. R. Witherell, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R. TO MY SWEETHEART 92 Every Rookie in Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. PLAY THE GAME 93 E. F. D., Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. THE STADIUM, PLATTSBURG 95 Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R. RUBAIYAT OF A PLATTSBURG CANDIDATE 96 W. Kerr Rainsford, Co. 7, 1st P. T. R. DREAMS 99 L. Irving, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. A 2D REGIMENT WHO'S WHO 101 J. Elmer Cates, Co. 2, 2d P. T. R. EUREKA 105 E. F. D., Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. FOURTH COMPANY, N. E. SONG 106 George S. Clarkson, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R. PART II--SONGS AND PARODIES LONG, LONG TRAIL 109 G. Gilmore Davis, Co. 10, 1st P. T. R. WILLIE'S PA 110 J. Felbel and L. H. Davidow, Co. 2, 2d P. T. R. COMPANY 2, NEW ENGLAND 112 Paul J. Field, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. TO THE RESERVE CAVALRY 113 F. E. Horpel, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R. WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO DEUTSCHLAND 114 Lieut. keywords: 1st p.; captain; co.; company; day; england; home; line; marching; new; old; p. t.; plattsburg; play; right; t. r.; time; way cache: 34269.txt plain text: 34269.txt item: #15 of 27 id: 36778 author: Surtees, William title: Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade date: None words: 141965 flesch: 59 summary: During the whole of that afternoon, both while the negotiations were pending, and at other times, the American officers were unceasing in their endeavours to induce our soldiers to desert and join their army. An eagle, six pieces of cannon, the General of Division Ruffin, and the General of Brigade Rousseau, wounded and taken; the Chief of the Staff, General Bellegarde, and aide-de-camp of Marshal Victor, and the colonel of the 8th regiment, with many other officers killed, and several wounded and taken prisoners, the field covered with the dead bodies of the enemy, attest that my confidence in this division was nobly repaid. keywords: action; advance; army; artillery; attack; battalion; board; body; bridge; brigade; british; captain; cavalry; close; colonel; company; corps; country; course; day; days; direction; distance; division; doubt; effect; enemy; field; fire; force; french; general; good; ground; half; having; hill; house; left; line; man; march; men; morning; night; number; occasion; officer; order; people; place; point; poor; position; rear; regiment; rifle; river; road; service; set; shot; sir; situation; thing; time; town; troops; village; way cache: 36778.txt plain text: 36778.txt item: #16 of 27 id: 3691 author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) title: Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. date: None words: 15662 flesch: 74 summary: It follows, therefore, that if after the adjudication of a melee a player moves up more men into touch with the survivors of this first melee, and so constitutes a second melee, any prisoners made in the first melee will not count as combatants in the second melee. There was no effective cover whatever upon my right that would have permitted an advance up to the church, and so I decided to concentrate my whole force in a rush upon Hook's Farm, while I staved off his left with gun fire. keywords: cavalry; country; farm; fire; force; game; gun; guns; infantry; man; men; moves; player; prisoners; red cache: 3691.txt plain text: 3691.txt item: #17 of 27 id: 38738 author: Campbell, J. Duncan, (James Duncan) title: American Military Insignia, 1800-1851 date: None words: 43958 flesch: 69 summary: [Illustration: FIGURE 149] This uncut, brass cap plate may have been a manufacturer's die strike sent out as a sample, with others, so that a distant Militia organization could select a pattern. The plate could have been worn by either infantry or artillery, for both were issued brass plates during this period,[87] however, it is more probable that it was worn by the infantry, since the majority of the artillery in the Sackets Harbor area were stationed nearby at either Fort Pike or Fort Tomkins. keywords: army; artillery; belt plate; brass plate; cap plate; corps; design; device; die; eagle; figure; footnote; general; illustration; infantry; insignia; letters; military; militia; national; new; officers; pattern; period; plate; regiment; regulations; shoulder; silver; specimen; state; stock; units; usnm; waist; war; york cache: 38738.txt plain text: 38738.txt item: #18 of 27 id: 41676 author: Ffoulkes, Charles John title: Armour & Weapons date: None words: 28966 flesch: 73 summary: The helmet and other portions of the suit of plate armour were sometimes tinned to prevent rust, as is shown in one of the Dover Castle Inventories of 1361:--'xiii basynetz tinez.' It is a safe assertion to make that a full suit of plate armour at its finest period--the fifteenth century--is the most perfect work of craftsmanship that exists. keywords: armour; body; brass; century; chapter; defence; fig; form; guard; hand; hauberk; helm; helmet; horse; illustration; iron; lance; leather; left; mail; metal; period; plate; plate armour; point; shield; shows; sir; suit; sword; time; tower; use; weapons; wearer; work cache: 41676.txt plain text: 41676.txt item: #19 of 27 id: 42106 author: Warford, Aaron A. title: How to Fence Containing Full Instruction for Fencing and the Use of the Broadsword; Also Instruction in Archery date: None words: 13271 flesch: 79 summary: Price 10c. SMILES (entirely new) Price 10c. THE USE OF THE BOW. TO BEND AND STRING THE BOW properly, the following directions will be serviceable, and the young archer should pay particular attention to them, since a neglect of these cautions will often lead to a fracture of the bow by bending it the wrong way: Take the bow by the _handle_, in the _right_ hand. keywords: 10c; adversary; arm; arrow; bow; cut; guard; hand; left; point; position; right; second; seventh; string; sword cache: 42106.txt plain text: 42106.txt item: #20 of 27 id: 44024 author: Wu, Qi title: The Book of War: The Military Classic of the Far East The Articles of Suntzu; The Sayings of Wutzu date: None words: 21362 flesch: 69 summary: Highways, when not to interrupt, 59 Horses, killed for food, 51; care for, 94; treatment of, 99-100 Hsia, 73 Hsihe, defence of, 77 Huangti, cause of victory by, 48 Humane treatment ensures obedience, 53 Hunger, how shown, by use of weapons, 51; how to meet, in case of enemy, 97 I Ichih, 73 Ignorance, three ways of, embarrassing to armies, 26; of enemy causes defeat, 27 Impartiality, Wutzu on, 116 Impetuosity, blind, dangerous fault in general, 46 Indispensable matters, five, Suntzu on, 17 Indulgence, ill effects of, 57 Influences, four important, in war, 102 Initiative, disadvantage of, on suspended ground, 54 Inner spies, 71 Internal disorder, a cause of war, 80 Intersecting ground, 58; action on, 64 Inundation of enemy, on marshy ground, 106 Invincible, how ancient masters made armies, 28 Involved ground, 58, 59; action regarding, 59, 64 J Japan, Sun and Wu revered in, 14 Japanese tactics, unlike Chinese, 10; commentators on Chinese literature, 14 Javelin, one of the five arms, 88, _note_ Justice, importance of, in rewards and punishment, 18; Wutzu on, 116 K Kingdom, the Middle, 87-88 Kuei, courage of, 62 L Lateness in field, cause of exhaustion, 34 Law, the, one of five indispensable matters in war, 17; includes partition and ordering of troops, 18; for defeating a country, or taking it, without strife, 24; touching the rule, measure, tables, and scales, and the foretelling of victory, 30 Leader, one of five indispensable matters in war, 17. (_See_ General) Letters, general should be master of, 101 Light esteem of enemy, result of, 52 Lightness, importance of, in operations, 93; four natures of, 93-94 Literature, Chinese, place of Suntzu and Wutzu in, 7; Japanese commentators on, 14; thought compressed in, 14 Living spies, 71, 72 Lu, number of men in, 24, _note_ Luya, 74 M Manoeuvre, battle avoided by, 11; normal and abnormal, 31, 32; master in art of, 40 March, forced, 41; should be calm, like forest, 42 Marshes, unsuitable for camp, 44; disposal of troops regarding, 48; attack by fire of enemy encamped in, 106; inundation of enemy in, 106 Measure, the second law of war, 30 Meres, ambush to be expected in, 49 Merit, recognition of, by enemy, 91; to be sought, advanced, and rewarded, 116; Lord Wen discriminates between guests with and without, 117 Messengers, enemy's movements revealed by, 51 Midday, time for spirits of troops to flag, 43 Middle Kingdom, the, 87-88 Might, war of, 81 Modification of military plans, 19 Moon, in quarters suitable for attack by fire, 67-68 Moral of troops, 8; use of banners to maintain, 9 Motion of troops, dignified, 95 Mountain warfare, disposal of troops in, 47 Mountains, advance among, 112 Movement of troops, 47-53 Mu, Prince of Chin, example of, 82 Mysterious Thread, the, 71 Mystery, supposed to surround art of war, 14 N Night, fighting in, 43; voices calling in, 51 Nine Changes, the, 44-46 Nine Grounds, the, 58-67; action with regard to, 64; knowledge of, necessary to general, 65 Normal manoeuvres, 31, 32 Numbers, proportionate, needed to attack and to divide, 26; subdivision of, 31; superiority of, an economy of strength, 37; no certain mark of strength, 52; Prince Yuhu's trust in, 76; tactics regarding differences in, 109; of no avail in war in valleys, 112 O Obedience ensured by humane conduct, 53; early training in, 53 Obsequiousness in general, 52 Officers, when angered by soldiers, 51; weak with strong soldiers, and _vice versa_, 55 Officials, who have care for people, 91 Omens, discussion of, to be forbidden, 61 Open ground, movement on, 53-54 Opportunity, one of four important influences in war, 102, 103 Oracles, cases for attack, when needless to consult, 89 Order of Battle, the, 28-30 Order, importance of, 95 Outlet, for retiring enemy, 44; from enclosed ground, 59 Ovens, natural (mouths of valleys), 99 P Pass, when to meet enemy in, 109 Passages, narrow, avoidance of, 49 Path-ridden ground, 58-59 Patriotism, not a factor in Chinese wars, 8 Penalties, Wutzu on, 104 Pennons, Wutzu on use of, 108 Pestilence, attack on enemy who endures, 90 Pike, one of five arms, 88, _note_ Pillage by enemy, Wutzu on, 115 Plan of campaign, modifications in, 19 Pole star (standard), 99 Population, told by tables of laws of war, 30; division of, into military groups, 70, _note_; cases of enemy's large, 90 Precipitous ground, occupation of, 54 Preparation, one of five important matters for general, 101-102 Pretence, war a thing of, 19 Procedure, military, 40 Procrastination, evil of, in war, 97 Profit, a cause of war, 80 Punishment, frequent, what betokened by, 52; when ordered by strange general, 52 Q Qualities, of the general, 101-107 R Rank, for those skilful in five arms, 88 Reason, one of five important matters for general, 101 Regard-over, for troops, dangerous fault, 46 Relaxation of troops, 55 Repulse, resulting from general's incapacity, 55 Requirements of war, 20-21 Reserve (or flanking) force, 12 Rest, propriety in, 95 Rewards, justice in according, 18; for those who take advantage of enemy, 23; frequent, show lack of discipline, 52; general's freedom in bestowing, 66; for families of skilful in five arms, 88; consequence of enemy's wise bestowal of, 91; in advance, 94; to be given to merit, 116 Revenge, war of, 81 Riches, why denied to soldiers, 61 Right-hand men, 73, and _note_ Righteous war, 81 Righteousness, overcome by propriety, 81; at root of achievement and merit, 79 Rivers of China affect operations, 12; encampment on, inundation, and poisoning of, 12; not to be crossed when turbulent, 49; observation of drawers from, 51 Roads to avoid, 45 Rule, as to survey of land, 30; general above, in bestowing rewards, 66; modified by circumstances, 67 S Sanctuary, reckoning in, before fighting, 20 Scales, in laws of war, 30 Secret of war, Wutzu on, 104 Secret, ground of approaching attack to be kept, 37 Shen, Duke, 84 Shield, one of five arms, 88, _note_ Siege, not to be undertaken, if avoidable, 25; misfortunes entailed by, 25 Simplicity, one of five important matters for leader, 101, 102 Simulation, use of, 33 Situation, important matter in war, 17 Snakes (banners), 99 Soldiers, training of, 18; strength of, 18 Sparrows, red (banners), 99 Spears, weapons for short men, 98 Spies, estimation of, in China, 13; Suntzu on power of, 13-14; on titles and salaries to, 70; five kinds of, 71; of enemy, 73; skillfully sown, 103 Spirit of troops, 31-34; compared to torrent, 33; good fighter seeks victory from, 34; keen in morning, 43; sustained by speed, 60; influence of, 102 Stables, care of, 99 Standard of Takeda Shingen, 42, _note_ INDEX A Abnormal manoeuvres, 31, 32 Advance, followed by retirement, a lure, 51 Advantages, the five, 45 Ally, war to be avoided, if enemy has powerful, 91 Altar, Wu made general before, 77; difficult matters to be laid before, 78 Ambition, one of five causes of war, 80 Ambush, likely places for enemy to be in, 49 Ammunition, lack of, may cause disaster, 41 Anger of officers, cause of, 51; not a fit reason for battle, 69 Animals, the six domestic, to be preserved by besiegers, 115 Apologies, what implied, by general who offers, 52 Archers, employment of, in sieges, 25, _note_ keywords: advance; advantage; army; attack; battle; country; enemy; general; ground; lord; master; men; soldiers; spies; troops; use; victory; war; way; wen cache: 44024.txt plain text: 44024.txt item: #21 of 27 id: 44200 author: Murray, Stewart Lygon title: The Reality of War: A Companion to Clausewitz date: None words: 27982 flesch: 65 summary: His famous sentence, _In war all things are simple, but the simple are difficult_,[4] gives the key to his writings, for to _overcome those simple yet great difficulties he regards as the art of war_, which can only be done by the military virtues of perseverance, energy, and boldness. The third place, in respect to its present-day importance, I assign to Clausewitz's clear statement that-- If we have clearly understood the result of our reflections, then the activities belonging to war divide themselves into two principal classes, into such as are only _preparations for war_ and into _the war itself_. keywords: army; attack; battle; book; chap; chapter; clausewitz; day; enemy; force; form; general; great; means; military; nation; object; point; policy; strategy; time; war cache: 44200.txt plain text: 44200.txt item: #22 of 27 id: 44470 author: Decle, Lionel title: Trooper 3809: A Private Soldier of the Third Republic date: None words: 95471 flesch: 75 summary: Need I say that, now I knew all that _Salle de Police_ implied, it was not without dread that I looked forward to the seven days I had still to undergo. Decle, he said, Lieutenant Riel has given your four days' _Salle de Police_ for having told him a lie in asking for ten o'clock leave on the pretence that you were going to meet your family, and your punishment will be increased to fifteen days' _Salle de Police_ for having been seen driving a four-in-hand through the town in fancy uniform. keywords: army; barracks; bed; captain; case; cavalry; colonel; command; corporal; course; days; doctor; drill; duty; fellow; french; good; guard; hand; head; lanoy; leave; lieutenant; look; major; man; men; military; officers; orders; piatte; place; police; prison; punishment; regiment; right; room; salle; sergeant; service; sir; squadron; stables; time; titi; troopers; volontaires; way; week; work; years; | | cache: 44470.txt plain text: 44470.txt item: #23 of 27 id: 46093 author: Bazancourt, César Lecat, baron de title: Secrets of the Sword date: None words: 40621 flesch: 71 summary: I am thinking of such men as Ambert, Caccia, Choquet, Lord Seymour, the Marquis de l'Angle and others, a group of amateurs well able to hold their own with the most skilful masters. Such men, however lacking they may be in brains, can hardly fail to perceive that the distance between you and them makes a surprise impracticable. keywords: arm; art; attack; blade; body; case; course; fencer; fencing; fight; hand; hit; left; lesson; man; mind; moment; opponent; parry; play; point; position; practice; sword; thrust; time; use cache: 46093.txt plain text: 46093.txt item: #24 of 27 id: 48366 author: Johnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie) title: Chats on Military Curios date: None words: 49349 flesch: 69 summary: Charles gave orders for many other medals to be struck, but most of them were presented to officers holding high posts who had performed special services in times of peace as well as war. * * After Dunbar came a lengthy period during which many medals were struck; they were all, however, of an individual character, being awarded to leaders for personal services. keywords: armour; arms; army; award; badges; battle; blue; brasses; british; campaign; chapter; collection; corps; course; curios; day; decoration; dress; following; force; general; gold; guards; half; head; history; illustration; indian; inscription; interest; king; medal; military; money; museum; obverse; officers; order; period; pieces; plates; post; prints; queen; red; regiment; reverse; ribbon; royal; second; service; silver; sir; soldiers; south; specimens; stamps; time; troops; uniforms; value; victoria; war; work; years cache: 48366.txt plain text: 48366.txt item: #25 of 27 id: 548 author: Rohrer, Steve title: Project Trinity, 1945-1946 date: None words: 11045 flesch: 58 summary: In addition to these two monitoring groups, a small group of medical technicians provided radiation detection instruments and monitoring. Radiation Exposures at Project TRINITY Dosimetry information is available for about 815 individuals who either participated in Project TRINITY activities or visited the test site between 16 July 1945 and 1 January 1947. In addition to providing medical care to TRINITY personnel, this group established radiological safety programs to: o Minimize radiation exposure of personnel on the test site and in offsite areas o keywords: area; detonation; ground; group; guard; july; military; monitoring; nuclear; personnel; project; project trinity; radiation; shelter; site; test; trinity cache: 548.txt plain text: 548.txt item: #26 of 27 id: 7259 author: Wade, James P. title: Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance date: None words: 41071 flesch: 47 summary: It is, of course, clear that U.S. military forces are currently the most capable in the world and are likely to remain so for a long time to come. Third, U.S. military forces must be of sufficient size, configuration, and readiness to bring a major conventional conflict to a successful termination. keywords: ability; adversary; air; american; application; awe; battlefield; capabilities; capability; concept; control; data; defense; doctrine; dominance; dominance force; enemy; environment; example; force; future; information; intelligence; means; military; national; need; new; objectives; operations; power; security; shock; states; systems; targets; technologies; technology; threat; time; u.s; use; war; weapons; world cache: 7259.txt plain text: 7259.txt item: #27 of 27 id: 7294 author: Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph title: Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle date: None words: 81683 flesch: 73 summary: Is this because in war man lasts longer in the cavalry and because our cavalrymen were older and more seasoned soldiers than our infantry? The losses exceed the resources in good men, and discourage the exhausted, who appear to be very numerous, and those who are skilled in removing themselves from danger. keywords: action; advance; arms; army; attack; battalion; battle; cavalry; charge; close; colonel; combat; command; day; discipline; effect; enemy; face; fight; fighting; fire; firing; formation; french; general; good; infantry; left; line; man; mass; men; methods; military; moment; morale; officers; order; picq; ranks; regiment; roman; skirmishers; soldiers; tactics; time; troops; use; war; way cache: 7294.txt plain text: 7294.txt