Elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, and the Manner of Posting and Handling Them in Presence of an Enemy...
Mahan, D.H.
Price: $250.00
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: John Wiley,
Date Published: 1861.
Edition: second edition
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good overall
Book Id: 8448
Description
A short history of military arts, by the professor of "Military and Civil Engineering, and of the Science of War, in the United States' Military Academy." Important subjects dealt with in chapters, Tactics, Manner of Placing and Handling Troops, Positions, Advanced-Guards & Posts, Reconnaissances, Detachments, Convoys & Surprises & Ambuscades. 12mo, 168pp, ads. Very bright original brown blind stamped & gilt cloth, spine head and tail strengthened, o/w a very good copy . Titled "Outpost" on the spine .First published in 1847 both the North and the South reissued this volume for use of their troops durring the Civil War.
