Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Kraft Prinz zu Militärische Briefe. 3 Bände

Vol. 1: Ueber Kavallerie; Vol. 2: Ueber Infanterie; Vol. 3: Ueber Artillerie. Reprint of a total of 54 letters in which General Kraft Prinz von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen comments on various aspects of infantry, cavalry and artillery, infantry, cavalry and artillery training, as well as the use of the individual branches of arms on the battlefield.

Overview of the topics covered in the letters: General information on cavalry; Cavalry's share in the successes of 1870/71. Reconnaissance; Cavalry's share in the battle; Protection of the infantry; Conservation of the infantry's forces; Limitation of the cavalry's battle effect by fire. Historical examples; On future participation of cavalry in battle; Were raids to be undertaken in 1870/71?Of Future Raids to Disrupt Enemy Mobilisation; Of the Difficulties Faced by Cavalry; The Demands on Cavalry of the Present Day and How They Are Met; Of Detailed Training; Of Escort Drills; Field Service; Retreats in Larger Formations; The Question of Cavalry Divisions in Peace; Cavalry in Association with the Infantry; The Cavalry Foot Fight; Of the Allocation of Riding Artillery to the Cavalry Division; Of the perfections and imperfections of our infantry; The march and the calisthenics; Miscellaneous other matters concerning individual training; Individual combat and the new regulations; Company drill; Company officer; Battalion drill; Battalion review; Flanking and forms of attack; The attack across the open plain; The jumping approach, the order of fire and ammunition substitution; The infantry regiment; Brigade drill; Brigade command. 1. internal affairs, 2. tactics; The spirit of the infantry; The influence of the latest changes in firearms on tactics; The use of field artillery in the 1866 campaign; The use of field artillery in the 1870 campaign; The impact of artillery in the 1866 campaign; The impact of artillery in the 1870 campaign; The loss of guns in the 1866 and 1870/71 campaigns; How to ensure the timely appearance of artillery; The spirit of the box; How to avoid the loss of guns in the 1866 and 1870/71 campaigns.Of the box spirit; How artillery learned to shoot; Of the replacement of ammunition in war; How artillery saved itself in the last war; Hindersin; Principles for the future use of field artillery; Of the proposal to begin gunfire no earlier than shortly before the infantry fight, but then immediately at a devastating distance; Should artillery in future avoid the area of infantry fire; Artillery questions of the day; The regulations; Answer as an extract. The individual volumes have different cover colours.