Tactique de l'Infanterie et instruction sur le choix d'une Position & sur les Dispositions des Manoeuvres.
Dresde, Frères Walther, 1787.
8vo (194x111 mm), 157-(3)-23 pages and 30 plates (3 folding). binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt flat spine. Binding rubbed. Title page browned.
First edition published with the agreement of the author. August Wilhelm von Mosch (1735-1815) was a Prussian major general. The Prussian army was renowned since Frederick II for its rapid troop movements and the use of the Oblique Order (military maneuver consisting of reinforcing and advancing one of its wings first, while stealing the other wing). This required perfect mastery of maneuvers by the officers.