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| Title: | 1862 Army Officers Pocket Companion
: A Manual for Staff Officers in the Field |
| Author: | William P Craighill |
| ISBN: | 0811700208 : 9780811700207 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 100x160mm |
| Pages: | 314 |
| Weight: | .284 Kg. |
| Published: | Stackpole Books - December 2002 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Military history |
This book describes in crisp text all the information commanders and staff officers need to know about 'how the army works'. Includes command organisation and administration; principles of employment of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and signal; logistics (ordinance, quartermaster, transportation, subsistence, and medical); movement of armies; camps and bivouacs; reconnaissance and patrols; order of battle for attack, defence, siege, and retreat; and use of field fortifications, obstacles, spies, and agents. Also included is information on promotions, courts-martial, military honours, and even cooking and the design and use of field ovens.
