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... TACTICAL ORGANIZATION The three essential elements in tactics are : to guard ( defensive ) , to hit ( offensive ) , and to move ( mobility ) , and the simplest tactical organiza- tion is the phalanx of spearmen . When two such bodies ...
... TACTICAL ORGANIZATION The three essential elements in tactics are : to guard ( defensive ) , to hit ( offensive ) , and to move ( mobility ) , and the simplest tactical organiza- tion is the phalanx of spearmen . When two such bodies ...
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... tactical asset- encirclement . To overcome this , and simultaneously compel his adversaries to accept battle , Caesar selected an area of operations in which the tactics of the Numidians would be severely circumscribed , and in which ...
... tactical asset- encirclement . To overcome this , and simultaneously compel his adversaries to accept battle , Caesar selected an area of operations in which the tactics of the Numidians would be severely circumscribed , and in which ...
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... tactics , and he declared that his legions were incapable of countering them , because ' the enemy never fought in close array , but in small parties with wide intervals ; and had detachments posted at regular stations , so that one ...
... tactics , and he declared that his legions were incapable of countering them , because ' the enemy never fought in close array , but in small parties with wide intervals ; and had detachments posted at regular stations , so that one ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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