ABSTRACT

It is difficult to give definite rules when to change from one form to the other. The nature of both must be carefully considered, and at the time we must choose that which is more advantageous for our own army, and more likely to lead to the attainment of our object. It is a matter of good judgment to perceive the right moment for changing from one rôle to the other. The General must, so to speak, feel the pulse of his army, so as to know what he may expect of it.