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The first is the advance towards the position up to the opening of fire. 
The second is the carrying through the fire fight and advance up to the 
storming. 
The third is the bayonet attack. 
The four systems agree that the first stage is to be carried out with weak 
advanced troops ; the extended shooters going forward in one body quickly as 
near to the enemy as possible. The Germans do not give any distance to which 
this first advance should be made nor where it commences. The Eussians and 
Austrians give 2000 paces as the commencement. The Trench make the forma¬ 
tion of a shooting line dependent on the enemy’s fire. 
The Eussians consider up to 800 paces, the Austrians 1000 paces, the Trench 
700 metres (900 paces) as the distance from the enemy to be attained by the first 
general advance. 
Tor the fire fight the Germans give strong swarms of shooters working their 
wav marching or by rushes, and seeking to gain superiority of fire. The Eus¬ 
sians and Austrians order rushes, the former to 300-150 paces, the latter to 500 
paces, the former with the whole or parts of the shooting line, the latter by whole 
companies. 
The Trench by rushes, company or echelon up to 50 metres from the enemy; 
no mixing up. The Eussians reinforce the shooting line at 800 paces before the 
commencement of the attack. The Trench accept 400 metres as the distance for 
the entry of the supports. The Germans and Austrians are silent on the subject. 
All four demand the shattering of the enemy by fire before the commencement 
of the storming. 
All four have the advance to the storm carried out by the shooting line aided 
by the reserves. The Germans bring their reserves for the purpose close up. 
The Eussians at most 200 paces from the shooters. 
With the Eussians the bayonet attack commences from the last firing position, 
300-150 paces ; the Trench 250-200 metres from the enemy ; the Austrians 
say the attack proper commences at 500 paces ; the Germans give no distance. 
Both Germans and Austrians leave the order for the decisive assault to the 
highest leader, or through impulses from the shooting line. The Eussian and 
Trench are silent on the matter. All four pursue the enemy with fire; the 
Trench provides for a renewal of a failed attack. 
It is to be noted that the German Eegulations order the deployment before 
the fight; whilst the Austrian Eegulations order the development of the main 
body, and, later on, its movement to those points from which the attack proper 
is to commence. 
