TY - BOOK AU - Maude,F.N. TI - Military letters and essays, T2 - International series ... no. I AV - U19 .M44 PY - 1895///] CY - Kansas City, Mo. PB - Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co. KW - Germany KW - Heer KW - Military art and science KW - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 KW - Military maneuvers N1 - "Appeared (for the most part) originally in the columns of the Civil and military gazette of Lahore."--Pref; On cover: International military series; Statistics of the Franco-German war.--Smokeless powder.--Conditions of modern warfare.--Cost of modern war.--German cavalry maneuvers.--Independent patrols.--A modern battle.--A study of a modern battle. Attack or defence.--The origin of extended-order fighting.--The legend of St. Privat.--Von Wedell's cavalry brigade at Marala-Tour.--Present tactical tendencies in the German army.--The physique of European armies.--The weapon or the man.--The minor tactical day at Aldershot.--The volunteer field day at Aldershot.--Field day at Aldershot.--Notes on the French maneuvers.--The German army.--Marching through Thuringia.--The panics at Gravelotte.--Von Moltke's work.--The spirit of the new German infantry regulations.--Notes in Germany in 1889.--Blank vs. ball cartridge tactics ER -