| 单词 | strategical |
| 例句 | Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z For all his show of force and arrogance, he had made a strategical error. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As Mr. ben Yitzhak describes the manipulation of Mr. Yousef, you have the disconcerting sense of monitoring a chess match in which strategical maneuvering and intellectual gamesmanship take precedence over the human cost. ‘The Green Prince,’ About a Hamas Son Recruited by Israel 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z A lot of this fits a pattern for Staley, who has been among the most aggressive NFL coaches when it comes to foregoing field goals and taking other risky strategical chances on fourth downs. Herbert among Chargers to play late in meaningless game 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z This story now revolves around financial, logistical and strategical machinations, as every Division I school in the country desperately tries to position itself for the best chance at relevance. The Pac-12 will never be the same again, and that’s sad 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Now, after one short practice session, Cup drivers will spend Saturday night plotting their strategical twists and turns for Sunday’s reconfigured and renamed Brickyard 200. Indy’s road course opens to mixed reviews from Cup drivers 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Ferrari’s campaign was blighted by a series of errors by their drivers and strategical mistakes. Ferrari ‘very flattered’ Lewis Hamilton has had talks about F1 move 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z At the same time, “Putin is not a strategical player as he is portrayed; he is a very tactical player, he is good at responding” in Zygar’s view. Putin: Public man who is reserved even by Russian standards 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z It's actually a solid strategical play from Leggio, who, by this German league's rule, only receives a minor penalty. This German hockey league goalie dislodging the net on a breakaway could not give less of a shit - Golf Digest 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Martinez is the chairwoman of the association that provides financial and strategical backing to help GOP candidates for governor. Susana Martinez works to elect other GOP governors 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “What’s happening — this is standard. Any company, this size and magnitude, you don’t talk about things you’re working on in strategical terms. So there’s nothing to report.” Lorenzo Fertitta occupied this week by details of UFC 200, not rumored sale 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z With three in the middle, rather than just two, the Timbers are more interchangeable and more adaptable, giving Porter more strategical flexibility. MLS Cup: Columbus Crew v Portland Timbers – which team is stronger? 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Based around team battles of five players a side, there will also be strategical elements. Square Enix Announces New 'Figureheads' Shooter For PC 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z He says the time with Montero taught him big league strategical lessons, turning his changeup from another pitch into the terror it is now. Two tone: Max Scherzer’s playfulness, intensity may be final piece for Nationals 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Extreme caution is the best option, but they are still a strategical important economic partner. The Big Economic Unknowns of 2015, From Unemployment to Oil 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Extra point The final verdict from Stuart was that the players decided the game: "Jim Harbaugh made several strategical errors that hurt his team, but I'm not going to blame the loss on him." The Fifth Down: Recapping Strategic Calls in Super Bowl 2013-02-05T12:38:49Z It goes on to outline a series of decisions taken "after discussions of the political and strategical factors". Army 'given green light to shoot' 2012-06-18T16:22:55Z Yet he handled his vessels with admirable strategical and tactical skill, being convinced, as was every man under him, that in spite of losses he was succeeding in holding the Huns. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z As before stated, the game of Chess consists of three parts: The Opening, i.e., the strategical disposition of the forces; the Middle Game, i.e., the campaign, and the End Game. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z Until November 1644, at which period, it should be noted, Rupert's power was on the wane, the strategical superiority was decidedly with the King. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z The conquest and capture of Badgery was an almost essential strategical move in the campaign. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Of late years the strategical importance of King George's Sound in case of warfare has commanded the attention of Imperial and Colonial statesmen. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z "Just so," said Lord Marlborough, whose erudition was not on a par with the marvellous strategical powers he has since displayed. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z From his recollection of the ground above it he thought it was admirably situated from a strategical point of view. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He had, he told me, himself invented a naval war game, the strategical part of which was successful, but the tactical not what he had hoped for it. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z After several hours of this hurricane shelling, in which a great deal of gas was used, the German infantry advanced and developed attacks against a number of strategical points on a very wide front. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Our large calibre guns," he says, "had advanced and were skilfully brought into position to fire upon the important lines at Montmédy, Longuyon, and Conflans; the strategical goal which was our highest hope was gained. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z From a strategical point of view she was done for. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Elbel could afford to ignore its strategical weakness by reason of his greatly superior numbers. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z In 1891 the Government purchased from the Great Northern Telegraph Company, with great strategical foresight, and took into its own hands, all the cables forming a direct connexion with Korea. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z I entreat the nation as a whole to stand united for the united control of the strategical operations of our armies at the front. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z His strategical knowledge, which he had never had occasion to display in the battle-field, served him a good turn in storming the fair ones of the metropolis. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Don Segis, the reserve force, also advanced a step to preserve the strategical distance. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z "And now it's a quarter to five!" blazed Peggy, abandoning her strategical position, woman-like, in order to score a tactical point. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Neither money nor concessions were wanting, and, both for hygienic and strategical reasons, it would have been far better. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z There are three functions which a General wields—strategical, tactical, and administrative. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z He is supposed to have been dry and stern, reticent, almost devoid of human sympathies, and little better than a strategical machine. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Such good luck does not always, nor even often, await the bustard-shooter; and even when it does, there still remains the real crux—the quick intuition of the requisite strategical movements and their successful execution. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The new plan, suggested probably by Rupert, had already been tried with strategical success in the summer campaign of 1644. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And besides—and I think before and above all—there are the strategical interests to be considered. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z The victories that followed were as much due to his painstaking care and foresight as to his brilliant strategical combinations and admirable tactical dispositions. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z This is a remarkable example of the strategical value of railways to an army operating in its own country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z To the enticing oasis of the Retuerta pushed forward the long cavalcade, but the sun was high ere all the strategical points could be simultaneously occupied. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z After the war of 1897 Greece restored to Turkey some strategical points on the frontier possessing no geographical importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z I thank him heartily for his kindness and express my sincere hope that, owing to his great strategical abilities, I may find him, if ever I return to Siberia, promoted to the rank of general. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z The selectors thought only of the geographical and strategical position; they cared not for its topography or its meteorology. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The city was founded in 1785 by Sir Guy Carleton, and made the capital of the province, in spite of the jealousy of St John, on account of its superior strategical position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z We speak not of strategical works, but of the pleasant and sometimes valuable narratives of individual adventure that have flowed in abundance from the pens of soldiers of every class and grade. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Its practicability cannot here be discussed, but it is worth contrasting the attitude of contemporaries and of later strategical theorists towards it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Besides its commercial and strategical importance, as a mere civilizing influence it might become incalculable. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Of the strategical importance of Ghazni there can hardly be a question. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Here again he retrieved strategical errors by energy and tactical skill, and his work was in the end crowned by the victory of Le Mans on the 12th of January 1871. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z His Eminence was silent for awhile; he seemed absorbed in an elaborate strategical combination, directed against his opponent's king. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z This time it sufficed to redeem even strategical misconceptions and misdirections. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z In the various strategical and tactical problems involved, I have received assistance from a number of well-known naval and military officers on the active list, whose names I am, however, not at liberty to divulge. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z No such strategical opportunity had, in fact, ever been vouchsafed. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z The movement was described as being strategical, for the purpose of drawing the Germans into a favourable position for attack; but this assertion was probably made to keep up the spirits of our troops. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Among the books reprinted there were the Adzuma-kagami, the record of the earlier Kamakura Shogunate, a Chinese political miscellany written at the beginning of the T'ang dynasty, and some old Chinese strategical works. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z This celebrated campaign is pre-eminently strategical in its character, in that the positions and movements anterior to the battle preordained its issue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Afterwards, the enemy had sailed away, apparently thinking the strategical position of the place worthless. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z In the 12th century Galilee was the outpost of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, and its borders were strongly protected by fortresses, the magnificent remains of which still crown the most important strategical points. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z As soldiers they are renowned almost exclusively as cavalry; and the race has produced several leaders possessed of much strategical skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The occupation of this region by our troops was considered of great strategical importance, as it formed a convenient advance base for further operations. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Gay-Vernon’s strategical instinct found expression in a wide-ranging movement designed to secure the absolute annihilation of the duke of York’s forces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It must be admitted that, from a strategical point of view, the taking of Stretford would mean the fall of Manchester, a fact which the Russian commanding officer had not overlooked. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The General was at times obliged to sacrifice some lives for strategical purposes. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The town was not occupied till the following April, but with the loss of its harbour it ceased to have any political or strategical importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z For strategical reasons it was now found necessary to blow up the road-bridge over the Tugela, and thus prevent the Boers from advancing further to the south or spying upon our positions. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z But this was only possible because Moreau and Jourdan were content to accept strategical failure without seeking to redress the balance by hard fighting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Harry was beginning to develop a little strategical ingenuity. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Nordica was placed at another strategical point 2,500 miles away, at Minneapolis. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z It is a place of some strategical importance, as it commands the approaches to India and Seistan from Herat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The strategical route, which on this point overlooks the Père Lachaise, the Buttes Chaumont, and the exterior boulevard, was not even guarded. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Success followed, not upon bravery or even tactics, but upon the pre-existing strategical conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z But since those times they have been defeated so often, due to a weakening of their proportional strength and strategical position, that they have lost much of the independent spirit which once characterized them. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z There's no strategical game plan for not playing him. Shaq 'closer' but no timetable on return 2011-04-22T18:22:07Z He was uneducated, and had neither experience of nor training for the strategical handling of great armies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Some members of the Council pored over the plan of Paris at last, studying those strategical points that had been forgotten for six weeks. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z With a comparatively small following, he managed, by sheer dint of audacity and profound strategical knowledge, to keep 20,000 Spaniards at bay. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Then the strategical experts of the Company became active. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z All strategical considerations pointed to an attack on the Fifth Army south of Arras, with the object of separating the British and French armies and seizing the centre of communications at Amiens. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The place is of considerable strategical importance, and has been the scene of some severe struggles between the Danes, to whom it formerly belonged, and the Germans. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z He obstinately refused, declaring this fort had no strategical value. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The town is about 6000 feet above sea-level, and forms an important strategical centre. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Amongst other of his accomplishments, he is a mechanical and strategical genius. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z This is a strategical retreat, revealing a new phase of weakness in their defensive conditions. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z It is a military station and a fortress of considerable strategical value, closing the roads from Kars, Olti and other parts of the frontier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z It has been said of him that he invented the revolutionary method of strategical concentration and tactical massing in the field. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z Endowed with a wonderful conceit in his “strategical combinations,” the employment of the Spy company was one in which he felt no little pride; while we regarded it as a positive disgrace. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Quite how they manage it remains their secret but there is too consistent a pattern now for there not to have been a strategical input. England end 24-year wait to retain the Ashes in Australia 2010-12-29T09:50:15Z Think now, Count Golm; the chief opponent of the eastern line of railway is the General--upon strategical grounds perhaps, but I know the man well enough, certainly for personal motives also. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z The situation of an arsenal should be governed by strategical considerations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Since the position was virtually one of war, we must consider what was the strategical object of this force. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z Absorbed in his own grief, Don Eusebio did not suspect the existence of mine; and the general was still engrossed with his strategical combinations. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z The numerous trench raids that marked their operations apparently had no strategical relations to the movements on the battle line elsewhere, nor even disclosed any local tactical object. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. In America he appears to have shown himself wanting in quickness, in tact, and in strategical ability. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical This line is of great strategical importance, as strengthening the Turkish hold on the Red Sea provinces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" He had looked for the love, the passion that he could give in return; he had found only a cold-blooded strategical move on the checkerboard of social aspirations. The Belovéd Traitor Stonne, a village of strategical importance, was next selected by the enemy as a point of resistance. Company B, 307th Infantry Its history, honor roll, company roster, Sept., 1917, May, 1919 The German objective was Amiens, which, situated astride the Somme, is on the main trunk-line railroad from Paris to the Channel ports of Boulogne and Calais, the most important strategical point in northern France. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The strategical disposition of the Black pieces is now far superior to White's, therefore it will be Black who will take the offensive. 11. ........ Chess Fundamentals But now the immense strategical importance of Havana was realized, while the value of the Island, in its products of copper, wood, sugar, hides and other commodities, was appreciated. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Discipline in the army, order in the commissariat, a firm basis, and secure lines of retreat in every strategical operation, these were the requisites he brought with him to the conduct of the German War. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The strategical position occupied by the Harwich Flotilla also imposed upon it another duty of great responsibility. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War Yet his generalship was marked by no grave strategical fault. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 The strategical principles expounded above are the same for all the openings, only their tactical application varies according to the circumstances. Chess Fundamentals It might seem in 1100 that Bohemund was destined to found a great principality in Antioch, which would dwarf Jerusalem; he had a fine territory, a good strategical position and a strong army. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Its strategical importance was one of the causes which led to the occupation of Tunisia by the French in 1881. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" It would be hard to exaggerate the strategical difficulties of the country through which we had to pass. The Unveiling of Lhasa His goings-out became strategical withdrawals, he endeavouring to get off unnoticed, Mrs. Bindle striving to rake him with her verbal artillery as he retreated. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Thus he will learn to make strategical plans and be on his way to the master class. Chess Fundamentals It was my intention to form them into column, and then to execute one or two strategical movements that seemed well adapted to the occasion. Fragments of an Autobiography It occupies a commanding strategical position in the narrowest part of the sea, being 714 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The Karo Pass is an important strategical position, lying as it does at the junction of the two roads to India, one of which leads to Kangma, the other to Gyantse. The Unveiling of Lhasa An extension of one power anywhere menaces the colonies of another nation; rival colonial ambitions merge with strategical questions. American World Policies His strategical combinations were apparently working without a hitch.... Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia This has from time immemorial been one of the most important strategical points of the country of the Five Nations. The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade Following the ideas of the inventor both the German army and navy used the Zeppelins for strategical reconnoissance in the early days of the conflict. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Decisive Importance of the Victory.—The importance of the siege of Sevastopol, from the strategical point of view, lies beneath the surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The rough sketch printed opposite will show how very long that line was, considering the nearness of the strategical point Quatre Bras, which it was his next business to occupy. Waterloo He had become a master of strategical retreat. Adventures of Bindle The first was not; and its failure is the story of the defeat suffered by the Duke of York in particular, and the consequent break-down of the whole strategical conception of the allies. Tourcoing If that opponent accepts these changes, not necessarily after a pitched battle, but in any other fashion, the strategical object of the march is achieved. The Battle of Blenheim Leon was the name of this fortress, one of the strategical points, not only of the early Romans, but of the Arabs who conquered the country, and later of the nascent Christian kingdom of Asturias. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain In approaching this famous action, it is essential to recapitulate the strategical conditions which determined its result. Waterloo It was his great strategical plan, my boy, to form his lines in the shape of a triangle, thus inclosing the unmannerly Confederacies between three fires, and winning a great geometrical victory. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Immediately outside the former walls lies the new central railway station, in which is effected a junction of the Cologne-Mainz railway with the strategical line Metz-Berlin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" From Ceylon they sailed to Aden, at the mouth of the Red Sea, one of those strong strategical points by which England keeps open the ocean-highways to her commercial fleets. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century In the extreme southwest Cuenca, impregnable and highly strategical, looked eastwards and southwards against the Moor, and northwards against the Aragonese. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain He had a brass band with him, which he made play "Dixie," in the hope that it would lure the enemy out; but this strategical banter was treated with profound indifference. History of Morgan's Cavalry Hence the demand upon the aged and unconquerable Mackerel Brigade for an immediate walk in that direction, and there they had gone by the most circuitous and profoundly strategical route afforded by the county maps. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Our novices in battle were guilty of numerous so-called strategical blunders, but in the main purpose of killing the enemy, they proved irresistible. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The strategical plan of attack above outlined was not carried out. A Battery at Close Quarters A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, October 6, 1909 In all these links of the immense strategical chain which protected Castile from her enemies, the monarchs were cunning enough to erect sees and appoint warrior-bishops. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain A regiment of troops had been stationed here for some strategical purpose, which was never explained to the boys. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France O war! thirsty and strategical war! how dost thou pierce the souls of all our excellent Democratic journals, against whom the increased war-tax on whiskey is an outrage not to be mentioned without swearing. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 That three-thousand-mile passage represented greater possibilities for the destruction of the United States overseas forces than any strategical operation that Germany's able military leaders could direct in the field. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" “Rapidity of movement and surprise are the life and soul of the strategical offensive.” A Battery at Close Quarters A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, October 6, 1909 The acquisition of a strategical and economic safety-frontier-zone, separating Germany and Poland from Russia. My Three Years in America This boat had become my objective, to use a strategical phrase. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War Sir,—The result of the last strategical combat between us must convince you of the hopelessness of further military confusion in this country. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Looking at the Farm from the strategical point of view, I feel quite confident in saying that only British troops could have taken it. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. That these Miami villages were also of great strategical value from the military standpoint, and that this fact was well known to President Washington, has already been mentioned. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Scarcely had the army returned from the campaign, before Government busied itself with a well-studied plan for a network of railways, not in the commercial, but in the strategical interest. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The strategical and political importance of Egypt has of late somewhat overshadowed its picturesque aspect. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 A salient is weak as a strategical situation in proportion to the possibility of crushing in its sides and threatening the lines of retreat of the forces occupying the point. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War And above all, they left out of consideration the really decisive question of military prospects as conditioned by strategical position and supplies of munitions. England and Germany Our strategical maneuver has thus been crowned by what is incontestably the greatest success gained on our side since the beginning of the war. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources His request was promptly vetoed, and Great Britain, accordingly, lost for ever the opportunity of obtaining an admirable coaling station and a splendid strategical position in the Far East. The Empire of the East Being hopelessly outnumbered I contented myself with a strategical movement necessitating several stiff rearguard actions. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 Rovereto is at the junction of three mountain roads leading into Italy in this locality, and has a strategical importance second only to that of Trent. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War The most daring strategical moves of the enemy, in war as in diplomacy, they ridiculed as either bluff or madness. England and Germany The spy system won and lost the first strategical battles before a shot was fired. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources He established his headquarters at Cairo, early in September, and from there he promptly led an expedition that forestalled the hostile intention of seizing Paducah, a strategical point at the mouth of the Tennessee River. Ulysses S. Grant Great results—whether strategical or tactical—can only be obtained by the employment of 'Masses.' Cavalry in Future Wars The strategical value of the victory was, of course, not influenced by this action. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War The Military Wing was preoccupied with continental geography and with strategical problems. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Also, Austria and Germany had many strongly intrenched positions at strategical points covering all the chief lines of approach on their frontiers where the latter faced Russian territory. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources For armament and strategical locality it is the Gibraltar of the southern seas. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century The carrying capacity and mobility of the latter, therefore, condition inexorably the degree of mobility in strategical operations which, under all circumstances, the Cavalry can be counted on to develop. Cavalry in Future Wars The French army that had invaded Lorraine—a grave strategical blunder—had also come to grief. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Whether an operation is distinctively strategical or tactical will depend, from the standpoint of the commander concerned, on the end which he has in view. Sound Military Decision The cloud of war rapidly spread over the whole of the South African horizon, and the strategical situation became sharply defined. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government There was no strategical reason why this salient should be held so far east of Ypres. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders It must rather be insisted on that the whole Field-Service training of the Arm can only be brought to its legitimate conclusion in the strategical exercises of large and changing combinations of units. Cavalry in Future Wars The capture of Port Arthur meant something more than the fall of a fortress which had been counted impregnable and which had dominated the strategical situation for fully seven months. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Nor do strategical considerations end when battle is joined. Sound Military Decision Upon the central South African plateau tactical and strategical success is dependent upon rapid manœuvring. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government In 1897 Crete was withdrawn from Turkish administration, and the Greco-Turkish War of that year was followed by the cession to Turkey of a few strategical points on the Thessalian frontier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In contradistinction to former times, the tasks which await the Cavalry lie principally in the sphere of strategical operations, and here is the root of our special difficulty. Cavalry in Future Wars Tradition has assigned supernatural capacities to Tamuramaro, and certainly in respect of personal prowess no less than strategical talent he was highly gifted. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Consequently, every military situation has both strategical and tactical aspects. Sound Military Decision Whatever illusions may have existed previously about the strategical situation, none now remained. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The strategical position of Great Britain in Baluchistan is a Strategic interest. very important factor in the problem of maintaining order and good administration in the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" He must be ready to enter into the spirit of the widest strategical considerations of the Superior Command, and according to circumstances to act in harmony with them on his own initiative. Cavalry in Future Wars Regardless of its strategical disadvantages, they deemed its possession cardinal. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The nature of the objectives to be attained at a particular time, and the action to be taken to that end, may be governed chiefly by strategical, or chiefly by tactical, considerations. Sound Military Decision Thus, ignorant of their strategical defeat, they rejoiced at what seemed a tactical victory. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government In Kheyr-ed-Din Barbarossa sound strategical instinct went hand in hand with the desperate valor of the corsair. Great Pirate Stories Organization of the whole of the supply columns and pioneer detachments required to give the necessary strategical mobility. Cavalry in Future Wars But he here met with a repulse at the hands of Kusunoki Masatomo, who to the courage and loyalty of his immortal ancestor, Masashige, added no small measure of strategical ability. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Such adaptation is applicable, for example, as to the special features which distinguish certain types of strategical and tactical problems. Sound Military Decision They felt that to leave the invested troops to their fate would be equally injurious in its strategical, political, and moral effect on South Africa; a blow to British prestige throughout the world. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government You know, of course, that the Indians selected an elevated and isolated site, such as this, because of its strategical advantages? 'Firebrand' Trevison He must always keep before his mind the essential strategical elements of the whole situation. Cavalry in Future Wars The fight at Dan-no-ura could not have made him famous, for its issue was determined by defection in the enemy's ranks, not by any strategical device or opportune coup on the side of the victors. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The character of the effort to be exerted at a particular time, and the nature of the objectives to be attained, may be governed chiefly by strategical, or chiefly by tactical, considerations. Sound Military Decision A month later Wellington became anxious to establish his winter-cantonments between the Nive and the Adour, partly for strategical reasons, and partly in order to command a larger and more fertile area for his supplies. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) But the radical fault of the whole enterprise was a strategical one. The Life of Gordon, Volume II Further, the wider the front becomes, the greater the difficulty of strategical change of direction. Cavalry in Future Wars Dowered with all the strategical skill and political sagacity which his father lacked, he had won victories for the family arms, and again and again had restrained the rash exercise of Kiyomori's impetuous arrogance. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It follows, then, that estimates of broad strategical situations and of localized tactical situations tend to differ from each other. Sound Military Decision The possession of Quinsan was of immense importance in a strategical point of view. The Life of Gordon, Volume I His great need had developed his strategical powers, and accident had seemed to further his design. A Sheaf of Corn The necessity and possibility of strategical reconnaissance by independent bodies of Cavalry have been fully recognised. Cavalry in Future Wars Hideyoshi himself, on reconnoitring the position, concluded that he had neither numerical preponderance nor strategical superiority sufficient to warrant immediate assumption of the offensive along the whole front. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The latter lead to decisions, among others, as to the comprehensive tactical methods to be followed in furtherance of strategical aims. Sound Military Decision There were many strategical reasons for wishing to seize upon it. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Fortunately for them, the vicar by some strategical movement always found himself in the enviable position of the dancer who ambles forward to make his bow. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir The enormous development of railway communication has changed all conditions of strategical operations. Cavalry in Future Wars Before entering into a review of the combined Anglo-Russian campaign a preliminary survey of the strategical geography of the war area will make the position more clear. World's War Events, Vol. II While the list of courses of action given above is made up from the viewpoint of broad strategical problems, a similar list can be assembled for other problems. Sound Military Decision For strategical reasons, and for the purpose of reassuring the British population, however, General Gatacre had decided that some sort of advance must be made. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 It is only a strategical measure, he argues, to save bloodshed and to save his stores, pending the arrival of the Comte d'Artois at Lyons, with the army corps. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days It is, however, conceivable that their strategical employment in rear of the Boer Army might have produced a situation compelling the Boers to fight a pitched battle or to surrender. Cavalry in Future Wars It was a strategical manœuvre that the imperial government was bound to resist. Studies in Literature and History If a tactical situation is under consideration, will the costs prevent the accomplishment of the strategical aim? Sound Military Decision The remainder of his messmates appeared disposed to return to strategical discussion. The Long Trick She sat, on this hot July morning, like a large bird of prey at the very convenient window of her garden-room, the ample bow of which formed a strategical point of high value. Miss Mapp With the execution of these strategical missions, which so far alone have attracted our attention, the duties of the Cavalry Arm are by no means exhausted. Cavalry in Future Wars Gustavus would not only have departed from his avowed maxims and previous practice, he would have run counter to every sound strategical principle, had he attacked without necessity an army numerically so superior. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 The basic Decision has embodied an outlined plan, strategical in nature, for an operation to accomplish the motivating task of the first step. Sound Military Decision After the latter entrenched at Rodrique Canal, by the first of January, there was no other strategical route by which the British could have successfully assailed the city. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 The arrival of Sir Redvers Buller and his staff gave hopes of an early advance, and everybody discussed what our General ought to do, strategical plans becoming as numerous as sandstorms. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland The latter is set aside for the great strategical missions that may be assigned to that Arm, for execution. Cavalry in Future Wars The rapid thrusting forward of his whole army from Darmali and Dakhala within a period of ten days was not the least astonishing and brilliant strategical feat achieved by the Sirdar. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Each such detailed operation, as part of the outlined plan embodied in the strategical Decision, calls for a proper estimate. Sound Military Decision Kapchack, when he had a little recovered from the frenzy of the fray, fully concurred, and without a minute's delay Ah Kurroo proceeded to carry out this strategical operation. Wood Magic A Fable As regards strategical reconnaissance," it says, "a General is probably now justified in requiring a well-trained flyer, flying a modern aeroplane, to reconnoitre some 70 miles out and return 70 miles. Aviation in Peace and War We must, therefore, lay down as a principle that as much Cavalry as possible is to be organized for strategical independence, and as little as is expedient retained for the Infantry Divisions. Cavalry in Future Wars But the moral and geographical and strategical victory secured by emancipation in Missouri by her consent, will be far more important than any triumph yet achieved by our arms. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The data essential for the solution of such problems are more detailed than for the usual strategical basic problem. Sound Military Decision "I do not believe in strategical retreats—it is not like the English to run away." All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War During the Battles of the Aisne and of Ypres strategical reconnaissance was carried out by the few machines available at Headquarters. Aviation in Peace and War After all, it is only then, when the strategical concentration commences, after railway movement is completed, that reconnaissance becomes both possible and important. Cavalry in Future Wars Thus commenced the famous flank march which, more than any other operation of the war, proved the brilliant strategical talents of General Lee and the consummate ability of his lieutenant. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Changes in strategical plans may be called for. Sound Military Decision "They called it a strategical retreat," Bob heard some one say as he stood outside the door of The Mitre. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War The four squadrons originally operated directly under Headquarters, were soon allocated to Corps for tactical reconnaissance and artillery co-operation, while a unit remained at Headquarters for strategical and long-distance reconnaissance and a few special duties. Aviation in Peace and War If the enemy's superiority is great, then one must retire until the equilibrium of the forces is re-established, the strategical necessity compels us to fight, or, finally, the tactical situation gives good promise of success. Cavalry in Future Wars I can place the French and German armies in battle array, and devote my mind entirely to complex strategical operations without having to keep one eye on the armies and the other on the baby. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The use of the Estimate Form, as described in Chapter VI, applies in full to problems which embrace the complete scope of broad strategical concepts. Sound Military Decision Besides, there was no necessity, either for military or strategical reasons, for us to cling to these positions. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Italy has now become the absolute mistress of the Adriatic and has gained a strategical frontier which could hardly be improved upon, while Yugoslavia has been placed in an economic position of much difficulty. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Hence the practical organization of the system of reconnaissance remains the essential task of all strategical Cavalry leadership; but it requires to be supplemented by an equally practical system of security. Cavalry in Future Wars But by taking it up Harold made a severe strategical error. The Snowshoe Trail When applied to problems of a detailed tactical nature, the emphasis on the factors of fighting strength is somewhat different from that for strategical problems. Sound Military Decision It appears to me, therefore, that both from strategical reasons and from tactical reasons it is desirable that the British Army should regain its position on the left of the line. 1914 Nonsense, nonsense; the strategical movement would be to have him march south and re-enforce Sherman. The Lost Despatch The influence of the Brigadier is confined in general to the detail education and drill, and though the Division is now and again drilled, it never 'operates' in the strategical sense. Cavalry in Future Wars Seeing a fine opportunity for a strategical maneuver, I succeeded in planting a heavy blow on the proboscis of one of my tormentors, which bedizzened his vision. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive An estimate of a relatively broad strategical situation may normally be reduced to writing, because time is usually available. Sound Military Decision On several occasions I have thought of suggesting this move, but the strategical and tactical situation from day to day has made the proposal inopportune. 1914 At the sound of the first gun in Charleston, the aristocracy sprang to arms; in a fortnight every strategical point in fifteen States was practically in its possession, and Washington tottered to its fall. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Its strategical tasks have increased in importance, and on the battle-field new opportunities for successes have been disclosed. Cavalry in Future Wars The art of war does not commence with a strategical reconnaissance from the air, or the saddle, to ascertain whether, and if so in what locality and in what strength, hostile troops are being concentrated. 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 Except in the preparation of plans to meet contingencies, such an estimate can rarely be given the elaborate form frequent in estimates of situations which are broadly strategical in nature. Sound Military Decision The strategical advantages of the proposed move are much greater. 1914 In a moment he was reassured; it was the enemy who fled; with his last breath he gave some strategical orders, and then fell back. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Even if this promise had been kept, the Allied force would not have been, in any strategical sense, an adequate substitute for the Servian contingent. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Surprise was the foundation of almost all the great strategical combinations of the past, as it will be of those to come. 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 For a broad strategical estimate made by the State, economic and political factors require intensive study; physical objectives, relative position, apportionment of fighting strength, and freedom of action are all involved in such a survey. Sound Military Decision Bragg was now re-enforced, and determined to retake Chattanooga, which lay on the Tennessee River and was an important strategical point. History of the United States, Volume 4 Not appreciating the strategical reasons for these movements, Richmond lost her temporary quiet and again fell to lamenting the dark prospects for the city. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The Basutos were declared British subjects partly out of a sympathetic wish to rescue and protect them, partly because policy required the acquisition of a country naturally strong and holding an important strategical position. Impressions of South Africa It is thus seen that the commander of the Advanced Guard must limit his aggressive action in accordance with his instructions and with the tactical and strategical requirements of the force he is covering. 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 For a strategical estimate made by a high military commander, these factors frequently enter to a lesser extent. Sound Military Decision The strategical importance of Kut-el-Amarah lies in the fact that it is at the junction of the Shatt-el-Hai with the Tigris. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 Who asks for strategical reasons in presence of 'Almighty whipping—lost eighty thousand—Fourth Michigan skedaddled '? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General This provision is momentous as giving Britain the right to prevent not only the South African Republic, but any European power, from acquiring a point of the utmost importance both commercial and strategical. Impressions of South Africa TIME.—Time is often a supreme factor in warfare, and the superior mobility of troops will gain for their commander a great strategical advantage. 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 For strategical estimates of lesser scope, the commander further restricts his study accordingly. Sound Military Decision As to the value of Mr. Murdoch's appreciation of the strategical and tactical elements of the situation you can yourself assess them at their true value. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 It was the great strategical coup of the war. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland That Flanders coast scheme constituted, it may be observed, a question of the general strategical conduct of the war; it was, in fact, a question of "operations." Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 The risk of compelling Britain to take part was undertaken, and the first great strategical blunder of the war was committed. 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 In the naval service, this is particularly true of the strategical estimate. Sound Military Decision What express strategical gain do they expect from pushing back the Germans? Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Last, he commits himself to the forest primeval; there, so long as life shall be his, to act upon a calm, cloistered scheme of strategical, implacable, and lonesome vengeance. The Confidence-Man That may be the correct explanation; but it is also possible that after careful consideration of the subject Lord Kitchener perceived the tactical and strategical weakness of the plan in itself. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 The decisive blow was strategical rather than tactical. 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 The characteristics of the theater of operations exert an influence, always important, sometimes paramount, upon the possibility of attaining the objective, and upon the strategical and tactical operations that may be employed. Sound Military Decision To bend back the German lines in the West, or to push the first line back on to the second or third, or twentieth, has of itself but slight strategical or economic import. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 This rising ground has doubtless been produced by many successions of towns built of sun-dried bricks, for it is the best strategical point in the neighbourhood. Southern Arabia It was not here a question of reconnaissance work or of costly backstairs methods in a carefully watched fortified area of prime strategical significance like the environs of the Hellespont. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 The battle had no tactical or strategical results, and heavy losses were sustained on both sides. 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 In a broad strategical estimate, these tests may be searching and extensive; they may then consume much time. Sound Military Decision But history will do justice to Grant's great strategical designs as well as to his great achievements. Forty-Six Years in the Army This is the time for a strategical retreat, as they are three to one, and we may at any time be cut off. Middy and Ensign In no country in the world in pre-war days was spying on fortified areas of strategical importance without money a more unprofitable game than in the Ottoman dominions. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 It is possible, however, to mystify, as well as to surprise, the enemy by the use of smoke, and its strategical and tactical value will ensure its adoption in Modern Warfare. 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 Section I-A of the Estimate will include a summary of the salient features of the present situation and of the contemplated strategical and tactical operations. Sound Military Decision The location of Chicago makes it the most important strategical center of the entire northern frontier. Forty-Six Years in the Army From its geographical position it became of great strategical importance. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 A strategical combination on such lines on the part of the German Great General Staff would under the existing circumstances have been a very natural one to adopt. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 As of old, Louisiana was the strategical point upon which both powers had their eyes. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 If the Train has been included as a separate force of the task organization, it will be given its tasks as to tactical and strategical movement in a separate subparagraph of paragraph 3. Sound Military Decision In these times history is concerned only with great cities or strategical positions of world-wide renown; interest is concentrated on a siege of Paris or a march towards Constantinople. Round About a Great Estate He comes forward with a whole battery of propositions, carefully marshalled in strategical order, and supported by appropriate 'lemmas.' Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) But from the strategical aspect the operations showed by their conclusion that the error had been made of nibbling with weak forces at objectives which could only have been captured and secured by strong. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The plan was fairly developed in her strategical mind, when who should appear but the captain himself, and with the brief announcement that they would start for Wyoming in a week. Marion's Faith. Basic War Plans designate operating forces, assign broad strategical tasks to these forces, and, where required, delimit theaters of operations. Sound Military Decision Lord Gough's strategical blunders, redeemed by splendid courage, give it great military interest; but it was the new Viceroy, Lord Dalhousie, who decided the fate of the Punjab. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies But subsequent events showed that no greater strategical error was ever committed. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Their strategical goal which was our highest hope was gained. Winning a Cause World War Stories In B�low's writings there is evident a distinct contrast between the spirit of his strategical and that of his tactical ideas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It is usually easier to determine all the strength and weakness factors in detailed tactical estimates than in broad strategical estimates. Sound Military Decision Jerusalem, situate away on the hills and far from the main trading and military route, was of but little commercial or strategical importance. With the British Army in The Holy Land Budapest is situated nearly in the centre of Hungary, and dominates by its strategical position the approach from the west to the great Hungarian plain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Although it was taken for strategical reasons, the fact that the Holy City was once more in the hands of Christians meant more to the world than the military advantage gained by its capture. Winning a Cause World War Stories Defensive works were constructed at various strategical points near the frontier and elsewhere, and at Varna and Burgas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" In broad strategical estimates, this factual basis is present, e.g., as to distances, radii of ships, geographical locations of forces, and the like. Sound Military Decision But to be fair, one is bound to admit that they knew very well such lines would be used for strategical purposes, and they lived in terror of the Slav Adriatic line. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle W. from the bank of the Vistula, and at the centre of an important network of railways, connecting it with the strategical points on the Prusso-Russian frontier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The fact that they found such a strong ally in the fog was beyond all their hopes and strategical calculations. Banzai! by Parabellum Yet from its summit one has a fine view of the surrounding country, and can readily understand of what strategical value its possession must have been in "battles long ago." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Logistics measures, as comprehended in the development of the basic plan, exclude movement primarily of a strategical or tactical nature, but include movement related primarily to supply and similar matters. Sound Military Decision These lofty strategical questions must not make me forget an equally vital munitions message just to hand. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I In view of its strategical position, a large garrison is concentrated in and about the town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" For some time Messenger Johnson sat calm, dignified, and imperturbable in the midst of this uproar, and then made a strategical retreat to the Ministry of War. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris When the war broke out, it immediately became evident that many of these welcomed guests had been spying, measuring distances, preparing foundations for heavy guns in their villas located at strategical points, and so on. Golden Lads In broad strategical estimates, the solution of such subsidiary problems involves a vast amount of mental effort; even in restricted estimates, these problems may require most intensive thought. Sound Military Decision As to our tactical scheme for producing these strategical results, it is simple in outline though infernally complicated in its amphibious and supply aspects. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I There was only a small detachment of American troops there and the town no longer was of strategical value. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War At three o'clock the sun came out, and I passed along the strategical road to Noisy. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Germany has herself recognised that her attack constitutes a violation of international law, and being unable to justify it, she has pleaded her strategical interests. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium In the first example it is supposed that the commander has already solved a basic problem of broad strategical scope, and has arrived at a Decision which contemplates an engagement. Sound Military Decision He determined, therefore, to press into the heart of the enemy's country as far as possible, occupying strategical points before they were adequately defended and assured of speedy and powerful reinforcement. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War It was then that Simmy began to reveal signs of rare strategical ability. From the Housetops As the Prussian bombs, however, were falling thickly into the village, I executed a strategical movement to the left, and fell back by a cross road into Montreuil. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Through what was considered by some a grave strategical error, the naval treaty was completed before any settlement of the Chinese and Siberian questions had been reached. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy If the directive is to be used for assigning tasks involving strategical or tactical movement directly to the Train, or to any Train units, such units are grouped together to form a separate task force. Sound Military Decision As might be expected, I met with violent opposition from Hungary, where, under the name of strategical frontier rectifications, as a matter of fact greater annexations were desired. In the World War The strategical ideas of the Machine-Gunner may have been faulty, but he has saved more lives with his guns than any doctor in the land. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" A day or two ago two National Guards were exchanging their strategical views in a café, when they observed a stranger write down something. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris That is, the strategical position of A is gravely embarrassed by the way in which his ally, B, separated into the two halves, B1 and B2, stands with regard to himself. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase The function of this committee was to consider strategical difficulties with which the nation might conceivably find itself confronted, and to work out the solutions. Before the War But, like all great strategical plans, it was stifled by red tape. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 If this had been observed, it would have been almost a strategical impossibility to turn the Allied left flank. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" The aeroplane is now the eye of the army and the strategical rôle of the cavalry is no more. Sir John French An Authentic Biography Admire how in every way this geographical and political problem of Hungary confuses the strategical plan of the German General Staff! A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase The Emperor had done much for fleet construction, and was so interested in it that he meddled at every turn in technical and strategical matters alike. Before the War It is necessary to understand the strategical position of this prospective fishing rod. Pee-Wee Harris Adrift The Subaltern could not help admiring the skill which was constantly being shown by the Staff not only in the strategical dispositions of the retreat, but in comparatively minute details such as this. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" In the same way as that in which officers at the war college are trained: by study and by solving war problems by tactical and strategical games. The Navy as a Fighting Machine The strategical position of modern Germany is embarrassed because each of these four corners must be saved by the armies. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase In his book the Admiral refers to a letter I wrote to The Times on December 16, 1918, pointing this out and the grounds on which the strategical conception was based. Before the War I have no wish to disparage the strategical and tactical ability which were displayed in the conduct of the campaign. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Such ideas as the Subaltern himself had on the strategical situation were but crude. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" The Estimate of the Situation.—In no field of strategical work is an accurate estimate of the situation more clearly necessary than when it is to form the basis for the precise calculations of logistics. The Navy as a Fighting Machine And the size of the units and the distances to be traversed—the fact that the problem is strategical and not tactical—is the essence of the whole thing. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase The fourth chapter relates to the strategical plan, worked out after much consideration, for the possible event of failure. Before the War The strategical and tactical genius which enabled Napoleon to sweep across Europe and to crush Austria and Prussia on the fields of Austerlitz and Jena had no attraction for him. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Mostar is not a fortified city, nor is it important in a strategical point of view. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels In fact, it is hard to think of any place that combines in itself the three advantages of a fine strategical position, large resources, and great strength. The Navy as a Fighting Machine Proving right as they did, however, the success of their strategical theory changed the whole course of the war. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase If the local risings were serious, as he believed them to be, they would be too late, and in any case they were beyond the country where strategical points were of advantage against an invader. The Half-Hearted His march threatened Rouen and Paris, and its strategical value was seen by the sudden panic of the French king. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 At this time the town of greatest strategical importance to Burgundy was that of Compiègne. Joan of Arc Not only would the enemy fleet be superior in power, but it would possess the strategical advantage, though far from its own shores. The Navy as a Fighting Machine But, on the other hand, such a position is as bad in strategical value as it is good in material and political value. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase It was, so to say, a strategical movement of self defence. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The Malhominis had sent the largest force in proportion to the strength of their tribe, and their position on the bay was strategical. Montlivet But, in view of the strategical necessity of making the attack in this way, he takes extra precautions which are not found in the general order of 1798. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. In that part of naval defense which is concerned with trade routes, the strategical advantage must go, in general, to that side which is the nearer to the locality where the decisive battle may occur. The Navy as a Fighting Machine But being a strategical problem, and involving very large numbers and very great distances, Black's left wing, 10-16, can do nothing of the kind. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase Assyrian colonies were established in various districts for strategical purposes, and officials supplanted the petty kings in certain of the northern city States. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Sanderson determined to finish the battle before the darkness could come to increase the hazard, and when he reached the spot in the fissure he hurriedly took note of the strategical points of the position. Square Deal Sanderson For a suddenly conceived strategical object he deliberately exposed the heads of his columns to what with almost any other enemy would have been an overwhelming superiority. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. By this scheme, a body of officers at the Navy Department would occupy their time wholly in studying war problems by devising and playing strategical and tactical games ashore and afloat. The Navy as a Fighting Machine Had that attempt to retake East Prussia failed, military history would point to it as a capital example of the error of neglecting purely strategical for political considerations. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase Cecil shut the instrument, and effected a strategical retreat to her bed-room, where, in the luxury of solitude, she might worry and torment herself to her heart's content. Bluebell A Novel The President, in his anxious studies and exhaustive discussion with military experts in the recent conferences, fully comprehended that under McClellan's labored strategical theories lay a fundamental error. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Map showing strategical drawing up of French Army demonstrating existence of French-Belgian agreement. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? The general result is to limit the commander-in-chief more and more in strategical matters: to confine his work more and more to tactics. The Navy as a Fighting Machine It presents the whole Southern States at one view, and the railroads are so distinctly marked as to show at a glance the most important strategical points. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy The first chapter treats of bases and lines of operations, strategic points, plans of offensive and defensive campaigns, and strategical operations. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 His progress was by no means one of mere strategical manoeuver. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History His face said plainly that Kenny's mood was without precedent and therefore strategical. Kenny It is they who are standing to-day on the great strategical ground of our time. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy It closed the eyes of the besiegers without it to a great strategical opportunity which soon passed away. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans All the nuraghi stand in commanding situations overlooking large tracts of country, and the more important a position is from the strategical point of view the stronger will be the nuraghe which defends it. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders She had, in fact, no strategical faculty—certainly none when temptation was strong. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers Its fort used to be considered strong and of strategical importance. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official This would merely mean exchanging Austrian strategical predominance for Slavonic, and, consequently, Russian predominance nearly as threatening to Italian interests. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 The troops had to begin operations from a faulty strategical base, as they were aligned along or near the Schoon Spruit blockhouse line, and between the Boers and that line. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans The most important strategical point in the whole of Galicia is now in Russian hands. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 Meanwhile the political and strategical conditions of these islands in the near future are far more likely to resemble those of the great Napoleonic struggle than those of the Colonial Empire in its halcyon period. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Simply because Turkey occupies the most important and valuable strategical position on the earth. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Such a proposal would have given to Italy a boundary of no strategical value. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 The towns and strategical points were to be strongly held while flying columns shepherded De Wet and his commandos and endeavoured to enfold them. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans For strategical reasons Germany determined to attack France through Belgium, declaring that the international treaty which bound her to respect Belgian neutrality was but a "Scrap of Paper." A Source Book of Australian History Above all, I realized that I had committed a strategical error in openly seeking an interview with Lady Coverly. The Green Eyes of Bâst In this dreadful crisis Mr. McKim, with his usual good judgment and remarkably quick, strategical mind, especially in matters pertaining to the U.G.R.R., hit upon the following plan, namely, to go to his friend, E.M. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Take any grounds—administrative, strategical, religious, domestic—he was preeminent above his contemporaries. The Tragedy of St. Helena The strategical problem was how to accomplish all these tasks at once, if possible, and if that could not be done, to sort them in order of importance and deal with them in that order. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith This wild talk has not even the merit of a strategical foundation. The Framework of Home Rule It is an old adage of lawyers that nothing is so misleading as a legal maxim, but a strategical maxim is undoubtedly and in every way less to be trusted in action. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy At this point, with remarkable shrewdness, Captain F. saw wherein he could still further confuse them by a bold strategical move. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Our strategical, voluntary and gratuitous crossing of the Rhine was carried out according to agenda.... Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 His decision has been taken before now, or this opinion would have been suppressed out of deference to the anxiety of those who imagine that strategical advice is telegraphed from London to the Boer headquarters. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Not a description of battles, nor the study of strategical campaigns, but good whole-some fiction with a little of the historical interwoven. The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine Take an analogous example, and the province of strategical theory becomes clear at once. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy In order to save the poor fellow from his impending doom, it seemed that nothing would avail but a bold strategical movement. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. In these circumstances Marlborough determined by a bold strategical stroke to execute a flank march from the Netherlands right across the front of the Franco-Bavarian army and effect a junction with the Imperialists. History of Holland For the state of the Army, for the strategical and tactical training which has resulted in so many failures, the politicians of both front benches, who in turn have neglected these vital matters, are responsible. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Their strategical movements are worthy of the First Nap. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892 Yet to-day his work is more firmly established than ever as the necessary basis of all strategical thought, and above all in the "blood and iron" school of Germany. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Manhattan has strategical value not merely for Greater New York but for every city in the land where similar problems must be solved. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Field Orders: Regulate tactical and strategical actions of troops. Military Instructors Manual The objective, therefore, has been chosen with strategical insight. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith The battle had been fought and the victory won; and though Tom felt that he was one of the victors, he deemed it prudent, for strategical reasons, to commence a retreat. The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion "This," he declares, "is the first and the most far-reaching of all strategical questions." Some Principles of Maritime Strategy He could hardly have expended more energy and ammunition in attacking a strategical point of Southern slavery, than was expended in punishing a handful of deserters and insurgents. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist There were historical frontiers, ethnographical frontiers, political and strategical and linguistic frontiers. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The net result hitherto seems to be that the Boers have had the strategical and the British the tactical advantage. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Its strategical purpose, I was told, is to cut off communications, to prevent, if possible, the bringing up of reserve troops and transport wagons, to destroy ammunition trains. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front A clear apprehension of their relative possibilities is the corner stone of strategical study. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy To reach these it was necessary in the first place to dislodge the society from its coign of vantage, its strategical point in the agitation. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Where, however, the city was of strategical or political importance it was incorporated into the Egyptian empire, and placed under the immediate control of an Egyptian governor, as at Megiddo, Gaza, Gebal, Gezer, and Tyre. Patriarchal Palestine It is now known that the division of forces and the decision to hold Ladysmith, even until it should be turned and surrounded, was due not to strategical but to what are called political considerations. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Their purpose is strategical; they are vantage points from which the enemy may be closely watched. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Probably the most remarkable manifestation of the advantages that may be derived in suitable conditions from a strategical defensive is also to be found in the late Russo-Japanese War. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy "Tactical" is a term used when one is not using the term "strategical," and vice versâ. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 After a brief interchange of commonplaces, he entered on a description of the situation, giving the numbers of the contending armies, their movements, and the general strategical purposes which should govern them both. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him They possessed a strategical advantage such as Parnell would have given his life for—they held the balance of power and they could order the Government to do their bidding or quit. Ireland Since Parnell These two dividing lines meet at Hankow, which has long been an important strategical point in Chinese history. The Problem of China It is better to reserve their fuller consideration till we come to deal with strategical operations and are able to note their actual effect upon the conduct of war in its various forms. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy First, the combination in battle after battle, on the British front, of the strategical genius, at once subtle and simple, of Marshal Foch, with the supreme tactical skill of the British Commander-in-Chief. Fields of Victory Still, there is no gainsaying that it is a most valuable strategical position, which, if held by either England or Russia, would exercise great influence on Central Asian and Indian affairs. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama She saw him execute a strategical movement which brought him to Madame Deberle's side, and she could hear the conversation that ensued behind her chair. A Love Episode In Kheyr-ed-Din Barbarossa sound strategical instinct went hand in hand with the desperate valour of the corsair. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean He began to perceive that it was logically unsound to assume as the foundation of a strategical system that there was one pattern to which all wars ought to conform. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy The success, moreover, was of the greatest strategical importance. Fields of Victory The Kers rejoiced in first blood, but they kept their strategical theories to themselves, so as not to interfere with the designs of Saunders and Mr. Calvin. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The strategical importance of the Mississippi River and of New Orleans was at once apparent to the British commanders, and Louisiana, being neutral territory, offered a most fascinating field of operation. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 It comprises the order and details of marches and camps, and of quartering and supplying troops; in a word, it is the execution of strategical and tactical enterprises. The Art of War If conditions were favourable, it would suffice to make the object itself the objective of your main strategical offensive. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Becoming a first lieutenant in 1832, a captain in 1835, ahead of many of his comrades, he served exclusively in strategical positions. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle We have already seen in discussing these strategical points upon the river what advantages it had, and yet it appears only sporadically in ancient history as a military post. The Historic Thames Hand-to-hand fighting for possession of the greatest strategical positions, fought daily, for a time resulted in advantage to neither side. The Boy Allies at Verdun Or, Saving France from the Enemy This plan of war may be called the defensive-offensive, and may have strategical as well as tactical advantages.. The Art of War That is to say, a war may be limited physically by the strategical isolation of the object, as well as morally by its comparative unimportance. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy From the top of Chestnut Hill, where we were watching a strategical display, he pointed at the military mass. Light Waste land, social and strategical importance of, in Europe, 75, 76. The Historic Thames The last Prænestine expansion in territory had a motive beyond the acquisition of land, for it was also important from a strategical point of view. A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste Lines of defense are classified as strategical and tactical. The Art of War Such a suggestion will appear to be almost heretical as sinning against the principle which condemns a strategical reserve. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy This is a full account of the final struggle of Napoleon, and contains a careful study from a strategical point of view of the movements of the French and allied armies. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Therefore the retreat of Honorius upon Ravenna was a consummate strategical act, well advised and such as we might expect from "the successor of Augustus." Ravenna, a Study SE. of Rustchuk; has an arsenal, barracks, etc., is an important strategical centre between the Lower Danube and the East Balkans. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A pivot of operations, on the contrary, is a material point of both strategical and tactical importance, serves as a point of support and endures throughout a campaign. The Art of War The fallacy of the idea is that it ignores the power of the strategical defensive. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Bog would have enjoyed a personal collision with him on any pretext; but to be caught in the act of reading the letter, would spoil the strategical advantage that Bog now had over him. Round the Block Fabius and Scipio, Wellington, Nelson, and St. Vincent, Grant, Sherman, and Farragut, have replaced the mere tacticians; and the superior resources, wielded with strategical skill, exert their inevitable effect. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War Chitral, a State on the frontier of India, NW. of Cashmere; since 1895 occupied by the British; a place of great strategical importance. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The tactical advantages seemed to his mind much more sure than the strategical: he preferred the certainty of a partial success to the risk attending a victory which would have been a decisive one. The Art of War In the first place, "Command of the Sea" is not identical in its strategical conditions with the conquest of territory. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy So much, then, in order that you may not be confused about my strategical objective. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy But the application of strategical and tactical principles, and the example of noble lives, are not the only or even the most valuable lessons of great wars. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War They seized all strategical points of vantage on the Aegean coasts, and founded an 'extra-territorial' community at Pera across the Golden Horn, to monopolize the trade of Constantinople with the Black Sea. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Enough has been said with reference to the strategical considerations influencing the selection of the point of crossing a river. The Art of War The current term "Commerce destruction" is not in fact a logical expression of the strategical idea. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy But I trust our chiefs and I know that it is only a strategical retirement. The Soul of the War At the present day, indeed, the political grouping of the Great Powers makes a strategical offensive by sea an impossibility. Germany and the Next War Only strategical considerations could ever have induced men to build a town on such a site. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Finally, there is a strategical consideration connected with descents which may be usefully pointed out. The Art of War Admit the principle of tactical or close blockade, and as between belligerents you cannot condemn the principle of strategical or distant blockade. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Truly it was a strategical retirement and not a "rout," as it was called by the English Press Bureau. The Soul of the War Our present manoeuvres are, as already mentioned, only occasionally a school for officers in a strategical sense, and from the tactical point of view they do not meet modern requirements. Germany and the Next War A mere glance at the map of Europe is sufficient to convince anyone that in a war between England and Germany it is a point of the first strategical importance. A Surgeon in Belgium The subject of battles is somewhat more complicated; for in the arrangements for these there are both strategical and tactical considerations to be taken into account and harmonized. The Art of War The strategical effect is of far-reaching importance, for it means that at sea strategical offence and defence tend to merge in a way that is unknown ashore. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy I had been in the midst of populations in flight, armies in retreat, and tremendous movements of troops hurled forward to new points of strategical importance. The Soul of the War At strategical points permanent harbours or airship sheds have been established. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War If it does so, John Bull will practically have Uncle Sam surrounded, and it is worthy of remark that, despite his tearful protestations of friendship, he fortifies every strategical point regardless of expense. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Fortresses regarded as strategical means, as a refuge for an army, as an obstacle to its progress: the sieges to be made and to be covered. The Art of War It was the "Overthrow" theory, the firm faith in the decisive action as the key of all strategical problems. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy At this time the Austrian generals and staff officers had committed themselves blindly to the strategical method of the archduke Charles, the tradition of whose practical soldiership survived only in Radetzky and a few others. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Owing to these qualities they are utilised for prolonged and searching reconnoitring duties such as strategical reconnaissances as distinct from the hurried and tactical reconnaissances carried out by fleeter machines. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Its matter is sound enough in the main, though the strategical devices differ considerably from those of the Warring States period. The Art of War In former years Gustavus Adolphus had realized the strategical importance of a position which his successor, Charles XII, did not deem worthy of consideration, and had himself studied all its approaches. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 Here in one sentence the word hovers between the formation of fleets and their strategical distribution. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Agra, like Delhi, owes much of its importance in both historical and modern times to the Commercial and strategical advantages of its position. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The first is somewhat limited in its scope as compared with the latter, and has invariably to be carried out rapidly, whereas the strategical reconnaissance may occupy several hours. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War It is now generally admitted that our repeated efforts to relieve Ladysmith in the South African War were so many strategical blunders which defeated their own purpose. The Art of War From a strategical point of view the action at Saint Quentin was indecisive. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 No strategical term indeed calls more urgently for a clear determination of the ideas for which it stands. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy The answer lies in the strategical position of Italy, and it can be discussed without any technicalities. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 The airman engaged in strategical aerial reconnaissance must possess, above all things, what is known as a "military" eye concerning the country he traverses. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War As we had not shown courage enough to keep the foe away from our frontiers, the duty of self-preservation compelled him to demand from us the surrender of several important strategical points. Freeland A Social Anticipation Securely sheltered against storms, of an extent sufficient to accommodate the navies of the world, easily fortified and defended, occupying a highly important strategical position, its advantages cannot be overestimated. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future But even that term scarcely meets the case, for the succeeding process of gathering up the army into a position for tactical deployment is also a strategical concentration. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Nor was any strategical advantage gained by the battle, for the French, upon the following day, found a road across the hills to the British left from Martagoa through Bonzalva. The Young Buglers When a marauding aeroplane is espied the attacking corsair immediately struggles for the strategical position, which is above his adversary. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Great armies of men, not necessarily of a high standard of courage and training, but armed with deadly weapons, are directed against one another, under varying strategical conditions. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Congress took no further action, however, and the United States thus deliberately rejected an opportunity to obtain control of a most important strategical position and to secure peace and prosperity to the Dominican people. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future The normal course is for a fleet to assemble at a naval port; thence by a distinct movement it proceeds to the strategical centre and reaches out in divisions as required. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Local antiquaries pronounce this to be a fortified cave, unique of its kind, devised to protect the road to Lussac, at the strategical point where it could best be defended. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe He declared that the cover was efficient and that under the circumstances the laying out of extensive orchards in strategical places should be carried out without any delay. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War There are no fortresses to take, no strategical positions to occupy, no great roads to cut. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence The question was raised again on August 6th by Major Seely, in a speech in which he commented on the lack of a body charged with the duty of studying strategical questions. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Our usual positions on the enemy's coast were dictated quite as much by the exigencies of commerce protection as by primary strategical reasons. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy It was neither for sentiment nor for strategical advantage solely that Italy finally entered the war. The World Decision The one is of a technical, the other of a strategical character. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War He did not know what strategical operations the scholar, who was 'an old soldier' and a politician also, was capable of conducting under such conditions. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded But, in her blindness, she strove to destroy that force in Olivier, which was hers also, their common safeguard: and by an instinctive strategical movement she undermined the friendship by which that force was upheld. Jean-Christophe Journey's End But there the Italians, treating the territorial attack as a real attack instead of as a strategical device, suffered themselves to be surprised by the Austrian fleet and defeated. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy So much for the sentimental and the strategical threads in the Consulta negotiations. The World Decision But the most interesting factor, apart from the possession of such a huge fleet of dirigible air-craft, was their distribution at strategical points throughout the Empire as if in readiness for the coming combat. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War In this he examined Greek theories of warfare as well as Roman, and apparently with discrimination; for Aelian, in his account of the Greek strategical writers, assigns Frontinus a high place. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius So one might prove or at least suggest that the strategical character of the English county and of its chief stronghold and barriers lay in an origin far beyond the limits of recorded history. On Something Under the term blockade we include operations which vary widely in character and in strategical intention. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy All the resources accumulated in time of peace, all the tactical evolutions, all the strategical calculations are but conveniences, drills, reference marks to lead up to it. Battle Studies |
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