If successful, then organize your men and prepare for the pursuit or for the return (counter attack) of the enemy.
If the charge is successful, the nearest formed bodies are sent instantly in pursuit and under cover of them the commands are reorganized, order restored, and arrangements made to resist a counter attack.
Since the idea of taking up the offensive is absent, no strong reserves are held out for a counter attack; the firing line is as strong as possible from the first; every advantage is taken of obstacles, natural or artificial.
Counter attack is made at strength of enemy to prevent him from penetrating the defensive position.
If enemy are beaten off and disorganized at some point, it may be good opportunity to follow up the advantage by counter attack.
As a matter of fact a counter attack is difficult for a platoon or company; it is really necessary for it to be made by a battalion.
Counter attack--made by launching reserves at the flank, while the enemy is fully committed to the attack.
When this is done, a sharp parry may cause him to lose control of his rifle, leaving him exposed to a counter attack, which should follow promptly.
A counter attack or return is one made instantly after or in continuation of a parry.
By reason of such a location the reserve is best able to meet a hostile enveloping attack; it has a better position from which to make a counter attack; it is in a better position to cover a withdrawal and permit an orderly retreat.
This is the most effective form of counter attack.
Where the defense is assumed with a view to making a counter attack, the troops for the counter attack should be held in reserve until the time arrives for such attack.
The firing trenches have cover trenches in rear of them, where the supports can rest undisturbed by the hostile fire until they are needed in the firing trench to repel a serious assault or to take part in a counter attack.
The garrisons of both the French forts had been reinforced on hearing of Shirley's advance, and an attack on Fort Niagara involved the danger of a counter attack on Oswego from Fort Frontenac.
On the main central line of advance they had set out to take Crown Point, and had to be content with repelling a counter attack by the French.
Returning to his camp, and entrenching it under the suitable name of Fort Necessity, the English commander awaited a counter attack.
The commander should distribute his command so as to provide a defense of the outskirts, an interior defense and reserves for a counter attack.
The counter-attack reserves should be placed in the rear and on the outside of the flank best suited for launching a counter attack.
Should be permanent so that it may cooperate whether to repulse an enemy's attack, to silence his artillery, to damage his defences or to prepare and protect an attack or a counter attack.
A =counter attack= or =return= is one made instantly after or in continuation of a parry.
Edward was far too prudent to attempt a counter attack: he owed his victory to firmly maintaining the position he had chosen, and could not afford to risk a disaster by quitting it.
Menschikoff could not have made a counter attack on the right of the allies, for the descent from the cliffs under fire from the English ships would have been impossible.
And Cromwell could bring overwhelming strength to bear in spite of his inferiority of numbers, because the enemy could not cross the burn elsewhere to make a counter attack.
The next morning we were ordered to counter attack, and get back the ground we had lost.
How, having lost some trenches, the regiment made a counter attackto regain them.
But, Winkle, the Colonel has written that Jack died while gallantly leading a counter attackto recover lost trenches.
Attacks which depend on pawn moves are only justified if overwhelming forces can be accumulated in support, as the advanced pawns might become the object of a counter attack.
An attack of this kind is only justified if there is a prospect of concentrating with all speed a superior force before the opponent has time for a counter attack.
Kt-Kt3 Q-B2 In manoeuvring his Q, Black has achieved nothing either for counter attackor defence.
Experience has shown that the player who develops his attack first is likely to win, and that it is of little use to submit tamely to an assault of this kind without attempting a counter attack.
At one point where one of our brigades made a counter attack 1,100 German dead were found in a trench and forty prisoners were taken.
On the other hand, we were driven from some ground close by, to the north, but regained it by a counter attack.
Machine guns are quickly brought up to repel a counter attack.
Meanwhile the Royal Scots, who had been formed for the counter attack, went forward also under the cover of the artillery, and the Bolo, or at least those few remaining, were driven back into the forests.
At this point of the siege, it was decided that our only salvation was a counter attack.
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