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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 12 0 Browse Search
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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Chapter 3: strategy. (search)
Vaubois upon the Lavis to cover Trent, and threw himself with the remainder of his forces upon Bassano; the brilliant results of this bold movement are known. Surely the route from Trent to BassanoBassano was not the line of operations of the French army, but a strategic line more audacious still than that of Blucher upon Wavre. However, it was a question only of three or four days operation, at the end of which Napoleon would either be conqueror or vanquished at Bassano; in the first case he opened his communication direct with Verona and with his line of operations, in the contrary case he res under one aspect, favored it also under another; for Wurmser, though even he had triumphed at Bassano, could in no wise disturb the return upon Trent, no road permitting him to anticipate Napoleon upon his back, would scarcely have thought of retaking the offensive when Napoleon, repulsed at Bassano, would already have returned. Even though Davidovich had advanced to Roveredo, facing Vaubois,
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Chapter 5: of different mixed operations, which participate at the same time of strategy and.of tactics. (search)
usand men, he defeated sixty thousand, because he had to fight isolated columns only. If he had made a divergent retreat, what would have become of his army and his conquests? Wurmser, after this first check, made an excentric retreat, by directing his two wings towards the extremities of his line of defense. What happened? The right, although favored by the mountains of the Tyrol, was beaten at Trente; Bonaparte directed himself afterwards upon the rear of the left, and destroyed it at Bassano and at Mantua. When the Arch-Duke Charles yielded to the first efforts of the two French armies in 1796, would he have saved Germany by an excentric manoeceuvre? Is it not on the contrary to the concentric direction of his retreat that Germany owed its safety? Finally, Moreau, who had marched upon an immense development by isolated divisions, perceived that this inconceivable system was good for effecting his destruction when it was the question to fight and especially to retire; he co
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
he planking is laid. Caps on the pierposts, to shorten the bearing of the sleepers, are called bolsters. The wooden bridges of the Middle Ages were generally supported upon piers composed of one or more rows of piles, and sufficiently near together to be connected by single timbers of moderate length. This very simple construction did not admit of long spans. In the works of Palladio we find examples of the truss. Fig. 7318, a, shows a bridge of his over the turret of Cismone, near Bassano, having a span of 108 feet. Fig. 7318, c, is another bridge, by Palladio, over the Brenta. A third bridge, by the same architect, on the arch principle, is shown in Fig. 7318, b. Each compartment corresponds to a voussoir in a masonry arch. These constructions enable short timbers to be used for a comparatively long span. The joints, however, cannot be made very strong, and tend to diminish the stability of the structure, so that it sooner gives way under the jarring strains to which
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, T. G. Appleton. (search)
the sale of a private collection in Rome, and it was catalogued as a Tintoretto, but I said, No, Bassano; and it is the best Bassano I ever saw. The Italians call it Il Coconotte. Mr. Appleton had no intention of palming off doubtful paintings on his friends or the public; but in regard to Il Coconotte he was confident of its true value, and rightly so. The painting, so called from a head in the group covered very thinly with hair, was the pride of his collection and one of the best of Bassano's works. The other painting looked to me like a Palma, and I have always supposed that it was one. After this Mr. Appleton branched off on to an interesting anecdote concerning an Italian cicerone, and finally left his audience as well entertained as if they had been to the theatre. In 1871 he published a volume of poems for private circulation, in which there were a number of excellent pieces, and especially two which deserve a place in any choice collection of American poetry. On