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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
TACTICAL AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 
3? OB THE 
I. R. NORTHEN ARMY, ISSUED IN MAY, 1866, BY THE FELDZE UGMEISTER 
CHEVALIER VON BENEDEK. 
[Translated from the Oesfcreichische Militarische Zeidschifft of September, 1866.] 
BY MAJOR GOODENOUGH, R.A. 
I. Prussian mode of Fighting , and Pules for our own conduct . 
Prussian mode of Fighting.—The Prussian Infantry . 
The entire Prussian infantry is exercised in fighting in close and in open 
order. Hence every infantry detachment may be used for skirmishing. Eor 
this latter service, the so-called light infantry; jagers, sharpshooters, and 
fusiliers, as well as the third rank of the whole remaining infantry are 
specially destined and particularly exercised. It is nevertheless only in the 
jagers that particular care is bestowed on target practice. 
The employment of jagers in action is sparing and special in its character, 
since they should be well placed under cover of accidents of ground so as to 
act by their steady and never failing fire. All offensive action is forbidden 
them. 
The offensive action required from light troops is carried out by the 
fusiliers who perform the duties which with us are required of the jagers. 
The Zundnadelgewelir , which is a breech-loader, forms the prevailing weapon 
of the infantry. In order to profit fully by the advantages it affords, a 
system of tactics has been framed in Prussia whose notable characteristics 
may be collected under the following heads * 
(1) To provoke and keep the adversary engaged in a combat of musketry. 
(2) "When on the defensive, endeavour to cause the enemy to manoeuvre 
on plain ground, when on the offensive to manoeuvre oneself in broken 
ground. 
(3) To fight in a deep order, yet so that when great and rapid results are 
to be attained, the broader front can be re-established at any moment. 
* Vide Verordunugen iiber den grosseren Truppeniibungen. Berlin, 1861, passim. 
