Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the war was long premeditated by Germany, and that the assassination of the Austrian Archduke was the means and not the cause for its origin. He further showed that Russia offered three time to stop mobilization and refer the whole matter to arbitration if Austria would stop her attack on Servia, but the only reply was from Germany, which, without consulting her ally, stated that Austria could not accept...
...first week was devoted principally to the mechanism of the French platoon in attack and the study of the various formations. The system of trenches at Fresh Pound was explained to the men, and the natural disposition of the forces therein was pointed out. During the second week relief problems in the trenches were executed; the study of attacking formations continued in the trenches were executed; the study of attacking formation continued in the more varied terrain around Fresh Pond and work at Waverly in the positions made by the R. O. T. C. began. These exercises became more numerous...
...regular army. Gradually the officers of the French Mission--Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Azan, Major de Reviers de Mauny, Captain Adolph Dupont, Lieutenant Andre Morize, and Lieutenant Jean Giraudoux--took the regiment in hand and began the instruction in French open order formations and tactics of defense and attack. There was begun the valuable series of lectures which extended through the course, treating in turn such various important phases of modern warfare as the grenade, the automatic rifle, the machine gun, field fortifications, trench routine, principles of infantry in modern combat, and the role of the high command...
Colonel Azan delivered to the Corps last night the first of a series of four lectures on offensive combat, on the subject of the preparation for the attack. The later lectures will take up the attack itself, the ensuing pursuit, and the march of approach...
...delivered the lecture from a written translation of Major Azan's speech. The talk dealt with the conditions existing on the various battle-fronts, the different form of offense and defense with their relative values, and the importance on equipment as well as transportation in effectively carrying out an attack...