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  Machine gun, 288
    Ammunition supply, 288
    And infantry, relative fire effect of, 267
    Fire, kinds of, 263
    Formations, 288
    Organization, 288
  Pace, length and number per minute (table), 54
  Ranges, ascertaining, 144
  Reinforcing the firing line, method of, 96
  Rencontre, 339, 448
  Rushes, 90, 449
  Skirmish line, formation of, 80
  Superiority of fire, 371
  Supply of ammunition, 475, 479
  Telegraph detachments, 248
  Use of spade in attack, 392, 449


B.

BASE UNIT, 218
  Advantages and disadvantages, 218, 219
  Of combat, designation of, 244

BATTALION
  Acting alone, formation for attack, 212
  Advance guard, formation for attack, 212
  Attack formation, France, 457
  Austrian, formation of the, 69, 72
  Broad column (with plates), 67, 68
  Commander, duties in action, 400
    Post in action, 400
  Deep column (with plates), 67, 68
  Depth on the march, 72
  English, formation of the, 71
  Formation, in a containing action, 213
  Forming for attack, 211
  French, formation of the (with plates), 70
  Frontage in attack and defense, 236
  German, formation of the, 67, 68
  Group intrenchments, 417
  Historical development, 36
  Intrenching tool equipment (table), 39
  Intrenchments for a, 419, 421
  Italian, formation of the, 70
  Japanese, formation of the, 70
  Method of forming for attack (plates), 215, 216
  Movements of the, 67
  Normal formation, 67
  Organization of the, 36, 37
  Part of a larger force, formation in attack, 213
    In defense, 213
  Route column, formation, 72
    Provisions of various regulations, 73
  Russian, formations of the, 69
  Swiss, formations of the, 71

BATTALION COMMANDER
  Duties in action, 400
  Post in action, 400