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fined on a map, afc once enabled the enemy’s artillery to find bis dis¬ 
tance from them and the range. 
The Southern Artillery having been decided to have gained the as¬ 
cendancy, an infantry attack in two lines was made on the wood, the 
Artillery coming to a closer range and firing at the Infantry holding 
the wood. It may be presumed that the Southern guns had subdued 
the fire of the Northern, and that, covered by their own fire the In¬ 
fantry could have advanced as they did across the open, otherwise 
their losses would have been appalling. 
On the next and last day of the manoeuvres General von Grone 
commanding his division against a “Markirte Feind” under the fol¬ 
lowing general idea:— 
A Western army has crossed the Rhine at Plittersdorf and Maxau. 
An Eastern army is marching on the Rhine by the Murghthal. 
Special Idea for the Eastern Force. 
About noon on the 17th September the Eastern (L4th) Army Corps 
is situated as follows :— 
28tli Infantry Division : 
Main body Gaggenau and neighbouring villages. Main body of 
advanced guard Rothenfels, no portion of the outposts beyond the line 
Oberndorf-Oberweier. 
No. 1 Abtheilung Corps Artillery at Ottenau and Horden. 
29th Infantry Division (supposed) at Gernsbach, Obertsroth and 
Weisenbach. 
Here also the rest of the Corps Artillery. 
28th Cavalry Division at Gausbach and Forbach. 
No. 1 Staff el (line) of Ammunition Columns and trains at Rau- 
munzach. 
No. 2 Staff el (do.) at Reichenbach. 
The troops are to bivouac where quarters sufficient do not exist in 
the appointed places. 
The above gives a fair example of the distribution of an Army Corps 
when in the vicinity of an enemy. 
The following Army Corps orders were issued for the 18th Sep¬ 
tember. 
Corps Head Quarters, Gernsbach, 17. 9. 97. 6 p.m, 
Army Corps Orders for the 18th December. 
(1.) The advanced troops of the enemy who crossed the Rhine to¬ 
day at Plittersdorf have marched on Rastatt and Oetnigheim. 
From both places detachments have been pushed forward to¬ 
wards Bischweier and Niederweier, whose position in the 
vicinity has been reported by the outposts of the 28th 
Division. 
(2.) The Army Corps will continue its march to-morrow down the 
Murghthal. 
(3.) The advanced Guard will clear the Debouche from the Murgh¬ 
thal for the advance of the main body, and for this purpose 
will cross the outpost line with its foremost troops at 6.30 
a.m. It is of the highest importance that the left flank of 
