Show OFFENSIVE AL N E BRINGS agg ry general foch says reserves carefully husbanded Hus banded will deliver the knockout BLUDGEON MUST BE STRONG used at the finish with surprise mass and speed they will make the decisive attack destroying the ethe ene mys organized forces london only nn lill offensive characterized by surprise and speed CUQ can bring victor victorious lous results lu in warfare says general fochi commander lu in calef of the allied arin les in ili till 1111 article which lie he contributes to the field l a weekly houi joui bial modern warfare to arrive at its end nud and to impose its will ou on the enemy Geri general eral foch says recognizes I 1 zes only one means destruction of the organized forces war undertakes and prepares till his destruction by battle which bring 5 about the overthrow of the adversary disorganizes dis organizes ills command destroys ills his discipline and nullifies nullities ties ills his units as far as their lighting fighting power Is concerned no victory in defense our axiom must be that to achieve its object a battle must not bo be purely defensive A purely defensive battle even well conducted does not result in a victor and a vanquished jt it Is simply a guine game that must be begun over again Fro From inthIs tills it Is an obvious corollary that an offensive oll eDs lve whether started tit at tile beginning of an action or whether it follows the defensive can only give results and tn in consequence must always be adopted at the finish to maintain our oar position Is not synonymous with being victorious and even pro prepares pares for a defeat if we ave regain where we are and do not pass to the offensive to ox fix the direction of oe attack to guard against the plans of the enemy and prevent him from carrying out the same maneuver we must undertake to carry on and sustain numer ous combats each with determined alm all depends on an tte serve but since there remains no doubt that decisive attack is the very keystone of a battle all other actions which make up a battle must be envisaged considered organized provided with forces in the measure in which they will prepare facilitate and guarantee development it df a decisive attack characterized by its mass its surprise its speed and tor for which in consequence it Is essential that there shall be the maximum reserve force possible of troops of maneuver the reserve reserve that Is to say the prepared bludgeon is organized and kept carefully instructed to execute the single act of 0 battle troia froik which results are expected namely the decisive attack surprise mass and speed 11 reserves must be husbanded hus banded with the most extreme parsimony so that the bludgeon ma may he be strong enough to make the blow as violent as possible let loose at the finish without any lurking idea of saving them with a well thought out plan for winning the battle nt at a point chosen and determined reserves are thrown in all together in an action surpassing in violence and energy lill all other phases of battle an action with proper characteristics te surprise mass and speed all our forces really participate either by preparing it or by carrying it out olit in this our supreme alm w we must not be deceived by app appearances arances A although I 1 theory falls when applied by feeble hands and when accessories obscure the main principle history and reason show u us that in battlo battle there Is a single argument which Is worth while namely decisive attack which Is alone capable of assuring the desired result the overthrow of the adversary |