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A battle of envelopment involves an attack on one or both flanks; the classic example being the double envelopment of the Battle of Cannae. A battle of annihilation is one in which the defeated party is destroyed in the field, such as the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. Battles are usually hybrids of different types listed above.
Pitched battle; Pocket: see "salient". Pyrrhic victory: a victory paid for so dearly that it potentially could lead to a later defeat ("a battle won, a war lost"). Raid; Rank: a single line of soldiers. Reconnaissance; Reconnoitre: to go to an area (reconnoitering) to find out information of the exact location of an enemy force.
Feint – A maneuver designed to distract or mislead, done by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, or even none, will. Flanking maneuver – Involves attacking the opponent from the side, or rear; Guerrilla tactics – Involves ambushes on enemy troops. Usually used by insurgency.
Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...
Second Battle of Lepanto – 1500 – a second battle at the same place during the Ottoman–Venetian War; Battle of Lepanto – 1571 – a third battle at Lepanto, during the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73) Battle of Lesnaya – 1708 – Great Northern War; Battle of Leuthen – 1757 – Seven Years' War; Battle of Leuven (891)
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Battle: this describes a subset of a campaign that will have specific military goals and geographic objectives, as well as clearly defined use of forces, such as the Battle of Gallipoli, which operationally was a combined arms operation originally known as the "Dardanelles landings" as part of the Dardanelles Campaign, where about 480,000 ...
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