Show its the same old war i a by c copt SU kiebus I 1 its it the same old war the basic buic principles never change only Y the c methods change the same nit bat tie te order w with t which oh hannibal be I 1 A won eco t the he battle ot C candae no A won an the second battle of the marne for marshal foch faith Ve getius roman colum rust mat of his day after a care careful study of all the great battles battle up to W an and d in clouding clod 1 the t h ath century u decided d ded that thai there ther e t were r but bt t seven e e systems of bat tie A study of degand Ve getius selections shows that four of them were innovations ovations of the other three thre th therefore there were ere and A are re but three h r be basic orders r of 1 at battle t loica as 1 fol 1 1 awde lows iw 1 the h p parallel era 0 order I 1 2 I 1 the oblique order 3 the en order H however her er N years before Ve getius was mas doing his ho stuff on an the roman hainan daily mirror mw mr so sun tzu tu lamus famous lam us chinese generalis genera ali simo ann had bad prescribed the basic rules of warfare these thee basic rules are am the same as prescribed for our armed forces today and will probe proba bly win the tunisian affair for gen era eral eisenhower Elsen hower mechanized cavalry eat t new by a long shot rameses II 11 intro it in egypt when he aven te d the th a chariot and tanax tames china C h ina used armored med carts as S far back as afi 1200 B C the th ancient persians introduced the elephant took tank elephants protected by armor with large scythe liet ake was weapons as attached ath to thew their trunks for mowing do down ad enemy troops equipped with th turrets on their backs from which archers could to Uld fire and the large scaling towers of the romans were built on wheels and nd rolled like tanks to thew their objectives chemical war tare fare was practiced by the greeks in 6 C they mixed incense sulphur P pitch and faggots maggots in a pot ignited imm same ral and threw the them into the ranks make of a f the enemy emony these were the first renown it wo d d bombs arbs b history shows sho that genghis khan used smoke screens sere ens a extensively to cover his man maneuvers euve WALTER WINCHELL 11 1 1 c I I U hand grenades war were used by the egyptians as far back as B C they consisted a of boxes a in which d vipers were so secreted c rete 11 these beia were thrown ato t the enemy lines and the romans a n s in v vented the e gr grand d daddy of 01 the molotov cocktail con hog A crude oil in a bottle battle the roman oman thuile sni wa would kl ignite gnit ath t the A a oil 11 then n heave the grenade gre n tie against zig all the in weak point the smash a a it mg ing of the bottle would scatter liquid fire in all d directions we h hear rt del a great d deal about we war decorations h these das dans the first known record of at a public presents presentation tion of a decors decora tum tion for bravery brave ry occurred ac red m the first ced century fury when w the emperor of ch china in 1 decorated doc r te d one e of his subjects t for 2 7 br bravery ry ab above aad and b beyond y ab the call of duty bsh bash marks came into vogue vague in the th a continental C a I 1 army in the form of a strip of white bile cloth at sewn to the shoulder of if the uniform form each strip of cloth r represented three years of service we c get the word chi chevron nd f from 11 the french e ft chevre cheit fr legre ae meaning am g a goat probably b A Y be because e the inverted chevron che of the french troops resembled goats goals horns burns our word colonel is derived from tho the lot latin colonna col meaning a mon and no indicating the a ca colonel et was cc commander m mander of a column colon the cor corporal a chevrons che cha date back to the Is I 1 middle 11 ages ge when ban the artisans who worked d on the cons construction ec a of a castle were permitted to wear two tw ava inverted d V Vs representing the castle oaf as a distinction d Is rule rifle grenades were used A at t the siege of stettin in 1 1677 77 and ad the a men an reigned assigned to firing the grenades were known as A grenadiers grena diers cambelli Cam T melli re de aon 1 I an italian ht was eit experimenting P dwren M g with afi pistols way back bach in 1540 and d the ther first bomb nas indented by another italian named bondo in 1588 ainia A form of ehrl shrapnel del we was ta used by the british 11 at t the b battle atti of 1 v crecy ecy and ad the forerunner of our present pre lent rifle sight was a part of each cr crossbow oss chaplains are not mot new us in n the army I 1 each christie christian I 1 L knight lit dawm during the crusades crasa id as brought along his aw own private I 1 chaplain I 1 spud 1 oliver crom cram well recruited t d a regiment of recruit cavalry ami known u as 83 the a old ironsides me members b of which were cler clergymen most bios mios bishop ft p lemud palk folk an a outstanding at Itu ridin southern clergyman ddn rose to the rank of general as crar at in the confederate army cit As regards regard a the signal corps corp caesar or sent back to rome via carrier carner pigeon the reports of all his gal I 1 lie ic agal campaigns and we all know now the he t story a it ry of the runner who reported rep or te it the battle of marathon maratha in B C then dropped d ap pp ed deed dead true there thare were D no 0 p planes 1 ones before the cen tury airy but b the afi a ancient persians had en 11 a air b blitz h t all their own they bad ad trained gained falcons which would aw swoop aup down awn and scratch out the eyes eya of f U the 1 s enemy e troops th alie C greeks re e k P persians no egyptians ch Chal aided deans As all used military maps map and ana |