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Practical Minor Tactics by Jens Bugge is a concise, maps-based training manual for teaching minor tactical operations to cadets and junior officers. Originally prepared for the United States Military Academy, it distills the Field Service Regulations into core principles and presents them through short lessons, problem-driven examples, and war-game scenarios. The book covers how to estimate a battlefield situation, formulate a plan of action, issue clear orders, and communicate effectively, with chapters on patrolling, advance, flank and rear guards, outposts, and both offensive and defensive combat. It emphasizes the teacher’s role, the use of maps for illustrating contingencies, and the value of practical exercises that develop decision-making, initiative, and teamwork. Through worked problems, sample orders, and guidance for instructors, the text trains cadets to lead small detachments, manage reconnaissance, and execute operations with discipline and clear command. The Foreword by John F. Morrison praises its clarity and its utility for both beginners and experienced officers, and the Preface explains its educational purpose and workflow. It uses the Hunterstown sheet of the Gettysburg- Antietam map for war-game exercises, and assumes an Army structure with company-sized units of about 250 men.
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