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— Through a morass, it is more difficult. — 
Through a river you cannot run. All kind of 
entrenchment you may jump over. 
2. The Attach in the Centre 
is not profitable — except for Cavalry, to cut 
them in pieces — or else they’ll crush you. 
3 . The Attack behind 
is very good. Only for a small corps to get 
round. Heavy battle in the field, against 
regular troops. In squares, against Turks, and 
not in columns. It may happen, against Turks, 
that a square of 500 men will be compelled to 
force its way through a troop of 6 or 7,000, with 
the help of small squares on the flank. In such 
a case, it will extend in a column. But till now 
we had no need of it. There are the God- 
forgetting, windy, light-headed Frenchmen — if it 
should ever happen to us to march against 
them, we must beat them in columns. 
The Battle, upon Entrenchments, in the Field. 
The ditch is not deep — the rampart is not 
high — Down in the ditch! Jump over the wall ! 
Work with your bayonet! Stab! Drive! Take 
them prisoners! Be sure to cut off the Cavalry, 
if any are at hand! — At Prague, the Infantry 
cut off the Cavalry : and there were three-fold, 
and more, entrenchments, and a whole fortress ; 
therefore we attacked in columns. 
