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Linshinpu, 1904.
  Ammunition, expenditure of, 473

Lisaine.
  Frontage, 228

Loigny, December 2, 1870.
  Advance to the battlefield, 67
  Counter-attack, 433, 435, 436
  Intrenching tools, lack of, 388
  Wheel executed by Kottwitz' Brigade, 220

Lovtcha, September 1, 1877.
  Ammunition, expenditure of, 472
  Mixing of organizations, 197
  Registration mark for artillery fire, 120
  Rushes, 95
  Strength of opposing forces, 234


M.

Magersfontain, December 11, 1899.
  Boer position, location of, 410
  Convalescence of wounded, 129
  Dummy trenches, 421
  Fire surprise, 133
  Frontage, 227, 238
  Lack of reinforcements, 227
  Losses, 189
    Officers, 190
  Perseverance under fire, 137, 387
  Pure frontal attack, 340
  Reconnaissance, lack of local, 249
  Reinforcements, lack of, 227
  Reserves, employment of, 340
  Withholding the fire, moral effect of, 152

Maida.
  Frontal counter-attack, 437

Marengo, 1800.
  Attacking column, formation of, 45

Mars-la-Tour—see Vionville.

Minden, 1757.
  Infantry versus cavalry, 313

Modder River, November 28, 1899.
  Boer position, location of, 410
  Fire fight, 132, 371
  Moral effect of fire, 426
  Opening fire at long range, 150
  Perseverance under fire, 132
  Pure frontal attack, 340
  Reconnaissance, lack of, 252, 340
  Surprise, 252, 340

Montoy (Noisseville).
  Surprise, 332

Mont Valérien, January 19, 1871.
  Ammunition, shortage of, 469