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ESKADRONS
  Number in German brigade, 311
  Strength of, 32

ESTIMATING DISTANCES—see Range

EQUIPMENT, 38-40
  Intrenching tool, 38-40
  Tent, weight of, 40
  Weight of, in various armies (table), 40

EXPENDITURE AND SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION, 468
  Examples from military history, 468-474
  Franco-German War, 468
  Russo-Japanese War, 473
  Russo-Turkish War, 472

EXPLOSIVES, 39, 480

EXTENDED ORDER, 75
  Compared with close order, 102
  Movements in, 81


F.

FACING DISTANCE, in various armies (table), 48

FIELD ARTILLERY—see Artillery

FIELD GUN, 111

FIELD MAGAZINES, 418

FIELD TRAIN, 72
  Machine guns, 270

FIGHTING UNIT, 33

FILE CLOSERS, position of, 46, 47

FIRE
  Accelerated, effect of, 162
  Beaten zone, definition, 179
  Collective, effect of accuracy in, 169
  Combined sights, 166
  Commands for firing, 166
  Constant cone of misses, Wolozkoi's theory of the, 173
  Continuous, fatigue produced by, 155
  Control, 134
  Curve of hits obtained by various marksmen, 170
  Danger space, definition, 179
  Direction, 134
  Discipline, 133
  Distribution of, against charging cavalry, 311
  Effect, 167
    As regards time, 172
    At medium ranges, 151
    Influence of the elevation selected on, 162
    On artillery when unlimbering, 326
    On close order formations, 102, 103
    On thin and dense skirmish lines, 77
  Efficacy of, 140
    Against hill positions, 183
    Dependent upon accuracy, 156
    Influence of the ground on, 179
    Influence of training on, 168