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The table contains footnote markers, but there are no corresponding footnotes on this or the following pages. In an earlier edition of the book, the footnotes (using the numbering from the table in this text) were as follows:
[513] The strength of a company is assumed as 200 men (England excepted).
[514] 10 Cartridges packed in a box.
[515] New “D” ammunition.
[516] During the Russo-Japanese war.
Changes made
Some minor obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently; some tables have been re-arranged for better readability.
Footnotes and illustrations have been moved outside text paragraphs.
Spaced and non-spaced and italicised or regular “i.e.” and “Ibid./ibid.” have been standardised to “i.e.” and “Ibid.”/“ibid.” “Minarelli Fitzgerald” has been standardised to “Minarelli-Fitzgerald”.
Elements in dotted lines are not present as such in the text, but have been transcribed from the accompanying illustration for the sake of clarity.
Page 8: “sans le comprendre” and “sans le faire” changed to “sans la comprendre” and “sans la faire”.
Various pages: “Wald und Ortsgefecht” and “Gruppen und Einheitsangriff” have been changed to “Wald- und Ortsgefecht” and “Gruppen- und Einheitsangriff”.
Page 11, footnote [18]: opening quote marks inserted before When one attempts ....
Page 93: closing quote marks inserted after ... (300-400 paces).
Page 143, footnote [139]: closing quote mark deleted at end of footnote.
Page 162: “... seit dem Jahre, 1900,” changed to “ ... seit dem Jahre 1900,”
Page 180: B′, C′ and D′ in the text have been changed to B, C and D cf. the illustration. Footnote [170]: angles have been transcribed α, β and γ for consistency with the illustration and the text.
Page 195: Negrier changed to Négrier; footnote anchor [191] inserted.
Page 229: closing quote mark inserted after ... the size of this echelon.
Page 253: “Patrouillen und Radfahrkommandos” changed to “Patrouillen- und Radfahr-Kommandos”.
Page 257: “and that cover to be utilized only” changed to “and that cover be utilized only”.
Page 265, table: the column header “Machine gun” has been considered to be a heading a single column only.
Page 304, footnote [306]: closing quote mark inserted after ... of units in rear.
Page 324: “Csicseries v. Bacsany” changed to “Csicserics v. Bacsany”; “Feldgeschüts” changed to “Feldgeschütz”.
Page 354: closing quote mark inserted after ... the advance of the attacker’s infantry.
Page 355: “veritable bouclier” changed to “véritable bouclier”.
Page 395: “Helwig” changed to “Helvig”.
Page 399: footnote [430]: “pp. 484 and 558” changed to “pp. 484 and 558”; footnote [431]: “Les Expéditions de Tonkins” changed to “Les Expéditions de Tonkin”.
Page 429: closing quote mark inserted after ... or for making a counter-attack.
Page 458, footnote [491]: “détachments de couverture” changed to “détachements de couverture”.
Indexes: some entries moved to their proper alphabetical order.
Page 513: page number 363 changed to 263 (entry Machine guns, Kinds of fire, Switzerland).