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Definition of Tactical manoeuvre

1. Noun. A move made to gain a tactical end.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactical Manoeuvre

Literary usage of Tactical manoeuvre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"Segur calls it a strategic manoeuvre similar to what Leuthen was as a tactical manoeuvre, conducted over a front of two hundred miles and a number of days, ..."

2. Cæsar: A History of the Art of War Among the Romans Down to the End of the by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1892)
"With new troops, Caesar would be apt to undertake no very difficult tactical manoeuvre ; but to do ..."

3. A Bird's-eye View of Our Civil War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1883)
"The same movement on the field of battle would be a tactical manoeuvre. Such was Jackson's march about Hooker's left flank at Chancellorsville. ..."

4. A Bird's-eye View of Our Civil War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1884)
"Such was Jackson's march through Thoroughfare Gap, in Pope's campaign. The same movement on the field of battle would be a tactical manoeuvre. ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... so that a single defeat could annihilate an army and decide a campaign. The favorite tactical manoeuvre was the breaking through the ene- ..."

6. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"It was Forrest's tactical manoeuvre at Thompson's station which carried his own battery and his troops to such an advantageous position that he enfiladed ..."

7. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"It was Forrest's tactical manoeuvre at Thompson's station which carried his own battery and his troops to such an advantageous position that he enfiladed ..."

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