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CONDUCT OF T H E WAR-GAME
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Table for calculating the Losses caused by Infantry
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Table for Noting Time and Losses . .
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C o n d u c t o f E n g a g e m e n ts :
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A ttack and Defence of Villages, Defiles, fortified
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February
12th, 1872,
T
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Secretary of State for War, having approved of
the issue of a certain number of sets of the “ War-Game ’’
for the use of the Officers of the Army, His Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Ohief, in recommending
that Officers should avail themselves to the utmost of
this useful means of instruction, directs that the game
is to be played according to the accompanying Eules.
E . A IR E Y ,
A djutant- General.
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“ Kriegsspiel” or W ar-Game,\in its present form, was
originally the invention of a civilian, Herr von R eisw itz; the
details were carefully worked out by this gentlem an’s son, who
was a Prussian Artillery Officer.* The
Militair-Wochenblatt,
of
March 6th, 1824, contains a notice, signed by Field-Marshal
von Muffling, which speaks in high terms of the instruction and
advantage to be derived from the game.
: Although, therefore, the game is ‘no novelty, it is only
recently th a t its importance has been fully recognised out of
Germany ; the increased importance which is now attached to
it may be, in some measure, due to the feeling th a t th e great
tactical skill displayed by Prussian Officers in the late w ar
had been, a t least partially, acquired by means o f the instruc­
tion which the game aifords. However this m ay be, it is certain
th a t within the last few months increased attention has been
paid to the game not only in England, but on the C ontinent;
the numerous articles on the subject in English and foreign
military periodicals abundantly testify to the tru th of this
statem ent.
In point of fact, the names of the officers who have patronized
the game are a sufficient guarantee o f its practical utility.
Some 20 years ago a society of officers was formed a t M ag­
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Some sort of War-Game has been in existence for a long time. The
“ Jeu de la Guerre” and “ Jeu de la Fortification,” which were issued in
France during the last Century, were played with cards, and bear no
resemblance whatever to the modern gam e; there are at present some old
drawings of these cards at the Topographical Department of the W ar
Office; they bear no date, but from the names used on them it may
bo inferred that they were manufactured in the latter part of the reign of
Louis XV.
deburg for the special object of fla y in g the gam e; the chief of
this society was 'Count von Molkte, ilien Chief, of the Staff of
th e 4th Army Corps. General Blum enthal attaches great im­
portance to it. In Austria also the game has m et w ith the
approval of the m ost distinguished officers of the Army. ,
A part from the tactical instruction which it is the primary
object of the game to im part, it teaches officers to realize the
space occupied by troops, either when deployed or oh the
march, and the time required to transport bodies of men from
pne point to another; it also excites a spirit of emulation,
and leads to the frequent discussion of m ilitary questions of im­
portance.*
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' Several different codes of regulations for the conduct of the
game have appeared, which differ in points of detail, although
the principles maintained throughout are the same.f The
present code is, for the most part, a free translation of the
“ A nleitung zuni Kriegsspiel,” by Captain W. von Tschischwitz,
of the Prussian Army.
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good m any points have, of course,
been altered to suit the organization and tactics of our own
Army.
The
arrangement
of Table
A,
Appendix III, has been
altered ; the German code substitutes a separate Table, the
exact nature of which it is unnecessary to explain, for the column
which, in the Table attached to the present code, is headed
“ Odds for or Against”; this arrangem ent was suggested to
the compiler by a Prussian Officer and appears to be decidedly
superior,
as it ' is
simpler
than the original; the explanation of
the m anner in which the Table is applied (par. 11) and some
other parts liave also been re-written.
The introduction
of the
and — sign is a novelty. In some other small points
th e present code differs slightly from the 'German arrangement.
I t is possible—indeed it is almost certain—th a t experience
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“ La pratique de ce jeu suscite entreceux qui s!y livrent desdiseus-
“ sions jo urnalises sur l’art de la guerre, et cet echange d’id6es entre
“ offieiers de science et d’experience divers'es, est fait pour entretenir dans
“ un corps d’offieiers Tamour de l’etude et de la profession dels armes.”-—
Revue Militaire de VEtranger, ! e r Janvier',
18721
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.+ Amongst the most recent are those, by Lieutenant Zipser, of the
Austrian Artilleryj and by Colohel’von Trotha, of the Prussian Army. ‘ ’

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