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But Oman was too facile. He did not get to the essentials of combat tactics, and his work lacks both synthesis and critical insight. Although the book is useful, it must be carefully checked against source materials. 4 Delbrück studied military problems in the work of Carl von Clausewitz, the best theoretician on the conduct of war. He wrote a biography of Gneisenau, one of the most brilliant adversaries of Napoleon. He discussed military problems with German generals, and carried on a controversy with the best German strategists about Clausewitz's conceptions of the conduct of war.

27 Ambroise, L'estoire de la guerre sainte, ed. G. Paris, Paris, 1897, vv. 613744, 614765, 62013, 622330, 62938, 7247, 73089. J. L. ] Itinerarium, peregrinorum et Gesta Ricardi regis, ed. W. Stubbs, in Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I, RS 1, 1884, pp. 2602, 265, 2913. Page 15 of fighting was introduced as an answer to Scottish tactics after the English defeat at Bannockburn in 1314. In another paper he showed that the French knights after Crécy at once set about evolving new tactical methods to offset the fighting technique of the English.

Rev. and Enl. author : Verbruggen, J. F. publisher : Boydell ? Military art and science--History--Medieval, 500-1500, Military history, Medieval, Europe--History, Military, Europe--History, Military. 02/094/0902 subject : Military art and science--History--Medieval, 500-1500, Military history, Medieval, Europe--History, Military, Europe--History, Military. F. Verbruggen Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside Nicholas Wright Page iii The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages From the Eighth Century to 1340 J.