Note 481 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY. (continued 9)
Walter Krueger translation
This sentence in our regulations, not to be found in those of other armies, was necessary to absolve a superior commander from all blame for leaving his troops and the battlefield. v. Schlichting, I, p. 115. See Taktik, V, p. 350.
[482] For the conduct of a retreat, see Taktik, V, p. 373, et seq.