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Tsinortun, August 26, 1904.
  Counter-attack, 435

Tugela (Pieters Hill), 1900.
  Rushes, 95

Tuminling Pass, 1904.
  Losses, officers, 190


V.

Vauxchamps, February 14, 1814.
  Infantry versus cavalry, 313

Villepion, December 1, 1870.
  Holding wavering troops, 382
  Intrenching tools, use of, 388

Villermain-Cravant, 1870.
  Flank march along hostile front, 360

Villiers, October 30, 1870.
  Influence of the ground on the efficacy of fire, 183

Vimiero.
  Frontal counter-attack, 437

Vionville.
  Abridged attack, 330
  Advance in broad formations, 67
  Ammunition, expenditure and supply of, 469, 470
  Artillery fire diverted by infantry, 327
  Cavalry charge, 302, 304, 311, 313
    Moral effect of, 302
    Preparation by artillery fire, 313
  Close order formations, losses in, 102, 103
  Concentration, 209
  Cover, use of, 257
  Direction of retreat, 440
  Flanking fire, 254
  Losses in close order formations, 102, 103
    Officers, 190
  Masks, 120
  Moral effect of a cavalry charge, 302, 303
  Packs, removal of, 364
  Rencontre, 339
  Reserves, employment of, 397
  Retreat, 440
  Trumpet signal, misunderstanding caused by, 42
  United attack, necessity of a, 403
  Volley fire, ineffectiveness of, 164

Vouziers, December 15, 1870.
  Surprise, 331


W.

Wafangu, June 15, 1904.
  Attack, 341
  Communication, 247
  Distribution in depth, excessive, 223
  Envelopment, 341, 359

Wagram, 1809.
  Attacking column, formation of, 44, 45