ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the changes in military tactics during the 17th and 18th centuries with special reference to the developments in the Austrian army as they affected its wars against Turkey. The heavier field guns were placed in fortified positions to the rear and flanks of the battle order and protected by relatively strong infantry detachments, also in protected positions. The light regimental guns were placed on the corners of the infantry squares where they were effectively protected by the infantry. The tactical deployment of artillery was alike in all armies of the eighteenth century on the European theatre of war. In the Balkan theatre of war such terrain was rarely present. Thus the Austrians proposed to march in columns which could be quickly and easily formed into separate squares before contact with the enemy was made.
