Note 147 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY. (continued 3)
Walter Krueger translation
Kunz, Entscheidungskämpfe des Korps Werder, II, pp. 53, 93 and 143. The village was situated in a valley and had only a limited field of fire.
[148] Kühne, Kritische Wanderungen, I, pp. 73 and 139; III, pp. 86 and 113. As regards flatness of trajectory and accuracy, the power of the needle gun (Zündnadelgewehr) at point blank range (280 m.) corresponds to the effect of rifle model ’98 at approximately 800 to 900 m. At Nachod the regiments named below suffered in two hours the losses given:
Regiment. Strength; men. Loss, men; prisoners included. Prisoners. Percent- age.
20th Infantry 2,500 722 165 28.8%
60th Infantry 2,500 685 185 27.4%