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held that mortars ought not to be brought into line during the artillery combat, 
but that they should remain with the general infantry reserve until they are re- 
quired to prepare the way for the attack. 
It would be quite premature to draw any absolute conclusions from the pre- 
ceding remarks. Our object has simply been to show that in foreign countries 
much attention is being paid to questions relating to the employment of the heavy 
artillery, which is now practically organised in most of the armies of Europe. 
The ideas put forward points to the employment of this artillery in field war- 
fare, and assign to it a well defined 7¢Ze upon the field of battle, namely to pre- 
pare the breach at the point selected by the commander-in-chief. 
Both in Russia and in Germany the principle is admitted that artillery of large 
calibre should be reserved for this purpose. If we wish to summarize the present 
ideas, it may be said that what is recommended is the creation of an ideal artillery 
reserve, sufliciently light not to interfere with the manceuvring power necessary 
for field armies, but at the same time powerful enough to provide the commander- 
in-chief with a certain means of forcing on the decision of the combat by producing 
effects hitherto unknown both in a material and a moral point of view. 
