En Erals Office. No. XXVI. an Utumn Maneuvers
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WAR E PAR T M E T D N , ' A non-ru n ui " n n s Om cz . Doc umen t N 0 ma P R E F A C E . In com ilin the re or ts on the a utumn ma n euvers of 1898 in E uro e p g p p , da a fromboth o mcia l a n d un officia l so ur ces ha ve been used T here ha s t . been ta ken from officia l r epor ts a n d milita ry per iodica ls such ma tte r a s would seem o furnish in na rra iv form to A merica n om rs th most t , t e , ce e in r s d i r i i T h d on te e tin g a n n st uct ve a ccoun t obta na ble . e escr ipti of the E n lish ma n euvers is ta k n fr om the officia l re ort ‘A r m a n d N a g e p , y vy r T h i l r rt is r le i h d ils e d B A r ro . m o Ga zett , a n oa d w e o c a ep ep te w t eta , . a n d con i much va lua ble in forma ion which it is n ot ra ctica ble o ta n s t , p t r in in this d um n T h d i tion of the Fren ch ma n euvers is p t oc e t . e escr p ta ken fromomcia l r e or s omi in such ortions a s do n ot bea r di l p t , tt g p rect y on i r b in lv T he d r i ion o f he A us up the so lut on of the p o lems vo ed . esc pt t tria n r ma n a n d R i o era tion s is ta ken fromthe R evue M ilita ire , Ge , uss a n p ’ ” d r i fr f il r n e l E n h x r m B ihe z mM ita W he bla t . t a ger , w t a n e t a ct o e t u oc t ‘ T he description of the Swiss ma n euvers is ta ken fr om the A llgemein e hw i h ili ar i n a n d fr omthe R evue ili re S is Sc e zer isc e M t Ze tu g M ta i u se . ST O — H Y M V AU R U NGARIAN ARM ANEU ERS. E V GE N R A L SCO P E O F M A N E U E R S . Maneuvers organ ized in imitation of real warfare were first s v s introduced in Au tria , and other armies ha e ince then d t n s a op ed the pla , ome carrying the scheme much further and employing greater numbers tha n was ever contemplated in Austria . The imperial maneuvers of 1898 took pla ce during the month u s s th of September in Upper H ngary , where the ixth corp , wi u er u v n s headq art s at Kascha , maneu ered agai t a corps formed o e s from tro ps taken from the n ighboring tations, while the seventh corps (Temesvar) maneuvered against the twelfth corps (Sieben burg) . The Honved cavalry brigades and divi i sions sta tioned in these d stricts took part in the ex ercises . u s t s The mane ver between the seventh and welfth corp , or uz so s i those of B ias, named from the locality, are de cr bed in the following account M A N E U V E R A R E A . In former years maneuv ers were held in both parts of the — is u u e . 1898 Empir that , both in A stria and in H ngary In te wa s to the thea r limited Upper Hungary . The maneuvers of Buzia s took pla ce in the ea stern part of the Banat of sv . Teme ar, near the border of Transylvania The operation u i ms proper were conducted on an ndulat ng terrain , which for c un the approa h of the extensive plain of the H garian Alfold . This plain wa s bounded on the east and southeast by the chain u u s . of the Tran ylvania Alps, which rise q ite abr ptly With u t the exception of the pper par , the valley of the Temes River s presents the character of an extended teppe . When the s plain assume a more rugged character , the water courses coming from the Transylvania Alps form deep ravines . The n s v hi souther part of thi alley forms an extended crest , w ch Semen ica hi culminates in the peak of Petro , meters gh, at the so urce of the Temes River . 8 A U T U M N M A N E U V E R S. The plain is covered from northwest to so uthwest by the s d Dumbr a wa n two exten ive woo s of Dragsina and , leavi g only 8 10 e one open plain , about to kilometers wide, in the cent r of which is located Buz ias . z a s s v i Bu i , a mall illage of nhabitants, is a bathing s im resort, and is connected by railway with Lugo , the most n s v 34 m te porta t city in Teme ar , at a distance of kilo e rs, and s z z a s n ra ns l with Wer chet . Bu i is thus con ected with the T y s l vanian and Roumanian sy tem of rai ways . s l The di trict has few roads , on y the high roads, as that of s u uz s - Teme var, L gos, and B ia , being rock ballasted and kept in i o . n ra ct g od order The others are ordinary cou try roads , p v u s 1898 c o u cable , howe er , during the mane ver of on a c nt of ’ l r s the o n g d y spell . The village are for the most part laid u r o ut in reg lar squares . They were built du ing the begin u ning of the last cent ry , after the recapture of this country s t from the Turks . The principal indu try of his section is the u c raisin g of corn . At the time of the mane vers the orn wa s still covering the country in all directions and standing some e but c 7 feet high , rendering the t rrain all impra ticable for artillery and cavalry . GE N E R A L SU PPO SIT IO N . The general theme for the maneuvers of Buzias wa s the followin g - i Austria Hungary s at war with Russia . The principal army is sent i n to the field from the northea st s a ha s c ss u ha s (Galicia) . The ho tile rmy ro ed Ro mania and v r penetrated into Transyl ania . It has met with no serious e s s sista n ce thus far . Thi army detache a corps (the twelfth) s s to v n is to Teme var , with order ad ance on the e emy , who ss s u n a embling on the o th of the Ba at . The latter force (the sev enth corps) is to advance on Temes to s s c . var , and resi t the ho tile advan e toward the Banat In order to gi ve the maneuvers the greatest possible sem c u m s ha s d blance of a t al warfare , the ini ter of war or ered that the service of subsistence should exercise n o influence what ever o u the course of the operatio ns o r on the selection of ff camps and canton ments of the troops . The general sta o ffi cers of the larger organizations had orders to supply their s c s u c su s troop as would be the a e nder war onditions , b istence s i and reserve supplie to be procured n this manner . — A U ST R IA HU N GA R Y. 9 R GA N A T O N O F T H E O N F E O IZ I PPOSI G OR C S . ec The dir tion of the maneuvers was intrusted , under orders ’ sta flz of the Emperor , to the chief of the general , Baron de d Beck . His headquarters comprise one section of operations s and one ection of details . The troops participatin g were formed into two parties — that of the West (seventh army corps) under command of Lieu e Schutzer s t nant Field Marshal , and that of the Ea t (twelfth army corps) under command of Lieutenan t Field Marshal t r P r obzt von Ohs o fi . The tr00ps and numbers composing the corps were as follows Gun s. ta io ns. to . l ns terice.