DUFOUR, G(uillaume) H(enri). — Cours de tactique.

1840 With 21 folding plates. VII, (1), 470 pp., 1 leaf. 8vo. Contemp. half morocco. Paris and Geneva, Ab. Cherbuliez, 1840. First edition. General Henri Dufour (1787-1875) was involved in the founding of the military school at Thun in 1819. The present text, a classic work on strategy, evolved from the lessons taught there, based on texts of other authorities on the subject. It treats the principles of strategy, organisation and arms, marches and manoeuvres, battles, defense of rivers and mountains, siege, reconnaissance, special missions, and camps. - Fine copy. CH ; MILITARIA ;