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  Reserve, strength of, 395
  Reserves, employment of, 394
  Rules for the advance under fire, 367
  Sand bag cover, 344, 390
  Secondary, 357
  Separation of holding and flank attacks, 361
  Signal (fix bayonet), 377
  Spade, use of, in, 387, 392, 449, 457, 465, 466
  Successful, conduct after, 385
  Superiority of fire, necessity of, 370, 371
  Supports, advance of, 368
    Distance from firing line, 99
  Surprise, 330
  Switzerland, 466
  Time for opening fire, general rules, 155
  Troop leading, duties of, 365, 366
  United, examples illustrating necessity of a, 402
  Unsuccessful, conduct after, 386

ATTACK ON A POSITION PREPARED FOR DEFENSE
  Austria, 448
  Japan, 464
  Switzerland, 466

AUSTRIA
  Advanced positions, 450
  Advanced troops, 349
  Ammunition, how carried by soldier, 476
  Ammunition supply, 475
    Regulations in re, 479
  Assault, 449
  Attack, 448
  Attack on a position prepared for defense, 448
  Battalion, formations of the, 69, 72
  Column of platoons, how formed, 49
    (plate), 62
  Company, strength of (table), 35
  Coöperation of infantry and artillery, 354
  Counter-attack, 438, 450
  Crawling, 449
  Defense, 450
    Seeking a decision, 450
  Development for action, 208
  Envelopment, 362, 449
  Fire control and fire discipline, 135
  Fire, kinds of, 159
    Time for opening, 153
    While in motion, experiments with, 92
  Firing line, method of reinforcing the, 96
    Position, choice of, 370
  Frontage, 241
  Front and facing distance, 48
  Infantry combat, 448-450
  Infantry versus cavalry, 314
  Intrenching tool equipment (table), 39
  Kinds of fire, 449
  Load carried by a soldier, 40