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BATTLE UNIT, 34

BAYONET FENCING, 134

BAYONET FIGHTS, 382

BEATEN ZONE, 179
  Definition, 179
  Depth at various angles of slope—General Paquié's rule for determining, 183
  Formulae for computing depth of, 180
  Increase and diminution of (table), 181

BELGIUM
  Fire control and fire direction, 135
  Frontage, 242
  Front and facing distance, 48

BREAKING OFF AN ACTION, 441

BRIGADE, 37
  Attack formation of a French, 454
  Cavalry, strength of, 311
  Combat formation, 74
  Development for action (with plate), 216, 217
  Formations, 73, 74
  Frontage in attack, 235, 236, 399
  Importance, 37, 38
  Movements, 73, 74
  Three-unit organization, 218

BROAD COLUMN (with plate), 67


C.

CADENCE, 53, 54

CAVALRY
  Charge of French Cuirassiers of the Guard at Vionville, 311
  Charge supported by artillery, 313
  Charges, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313
  Combat of infantry against, 301
    Provisions of various regulations, 314, 315
  Combat of machine guns against, 296
  Dismounted, infantry attack against, 313
  Losses
    Charge of French cavalry at Vionville, 312
    Franco-German War, 20
    Percentage of, 188
  Massed employment, 313
  Moral effect of a charge, 306
  Regiment, strength of German, 273
  Relative strength as compared to infantry, 311

CHANGE OF DIRECTION, how executed, 219

CHANGE OF FRONT
  Examples of, 220, 221
  How executed, 219

CHASSEURS ALPINS, 22

CLEARING THE FOREGROUND, 421

CLOSE COLUMN, definition, 47