Excerpt from Studies in Applied Tactics: Part I. Reconnaissance; Part II. Cavalry Outposts; March and Combined Outpost
Since the applicatory system of instruction in the art of war has come into such favor, and justly so, a great many books have appeared based on this system. All those producing these books are disciples of General von Verdy, and have imitated him more or less successfully. The more nearly they have succeeded, the better their results have been. It is believed that the following pages devoted to research in this field will be found both valuable and interesting. The first part will appeal particularly to cavalry officers, as it deals with cavalry reconnaissance, especially that of smaller bodies. The second part will appeal to all officers studying troop-leading of the division and array corps.
The author kindly consented to his work being translated and changed in so far as found desirable in adapting it to our own Army organization. Therefore it must be remembered, for example, that a troop of cavalry is assumed to contain 100 men, divided into 4 platoons. These changes were made to facilitate a study of the problems.
Whenever practicable, our own Field Service Regulations are quoted and referred to by foot-note. This happens quite frequently, the similarity between the German and our own doubtless being due to the former having been freely consulted in formulating the latter.
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