On The Defence Of Picquets Relative To Service In The Field. Or, Extracts From A Work - Softcover

Charles Louis De Fossé

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461559102 ISBN 13: 9780461559101

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

On The Defence Of Picquets Relative To Service In The Field. Or, Extracts From A Work, Entitled Ideas Of A Military Man On The Defence And Attack Of Small Posts, Tr. By Colonel T by Charles Louis De Fossé. This volume comprises translated extracts from the French military treatise Ideas of a Military Man on the Defence and Attack of Small Posts, intended as a practical manual for officers, especially subalterns, who have not yet seen field service. It presents guidance on organizing and defending picquets and small posts across a range of environments, from plains and farmhouses to rivers, fords, bridges, gorges, and coastal fortifications. The text offers procedural questions and observations to help commanders assess dispositions, improve fortifications, maintain communication, and ensure timely support and retreat when necessary. A Preface by the translator emphasizes the value of concise, portable knowledge that reinforces duty, discipline, and the professional virtues of soldiers and officers. Taken together, the extracts illuminate nineteenth?century military thought on defensive operations at the smallest posts and the responsibilities of leaders who guard them.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461559102
• ISBN 13: 9780461559101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50