Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- I. Training in Peace and Reality in War -- II. Mobile Warfare -- TRAINING AND ORGANIZATION -- TACTICS OF MOBILE WARFARE -- CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT AND ARMAMENT -- TRAINING REGULATIONS FOR FOOT TROOPS -- III. Position Warfare in the West, 1914-1917 -- ORIGIN AND NATURE OF POSITION WARFARE -- THE POSITION BATTLES UP TO THE FIRST ATTACK ON VERDUN -- LESSONS OF THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME AND THE BATTLES IN FRONT OF VERDUN IN THE LATE FALL OF 1916. -- UTILIZING THE EXPERIENCES GAINED -- THE BATTLES IN 1917 -- IV. The War in the East and in Italy -- RUSSIA -- BATTLES IN NORTHERN ITALY -- MOUNTAIN WARFARE -- V. Technique In War -- VI. The Defensive Battle in Position Warfare -- VII. German Attacks with Limited Objectives -- VIII. Machine Guns -- IX. The Infantry Attack in Open Warfare -- REQUIREMENTS -- PROCEDURE OF ATTACK -- NEAR RECONNAISSANCE -- DEPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT -- ARTILLERY OF THE ATTACK -- WORKING UP TO THE ENEMY -- THE ASSAULT -- INFLUENCE OF FOG -- FIGHTING IN WOODS -- VILLAGE FIGHTING -- X. Cavalry -- CAVALRY PRIOR TO THE WORLD WAR -- VIEWS ON CAVALRY ATTACKS -- EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY IN WAR -- RECONNAISSANCE -- SCREENING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY -- EMPLOYMENT AGAINST FLANK AND REAR -- CONNECTION BETWEEN SEPARATED PARTS OF THE ARMY IN RETREAT -- MOUNTED PARTICIPATION IN BATTLE AND AS MOBILE FOOT TROOPS -- CAVALRY DIVISIONS -- CYCLISTS -- FRENCH VIEWS CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY |