Sword and C Sword and Compass

Dr. Martin Klöffler
Neusser Weg 72
D-404474 Düsseldorf
Germany
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Draft for an international
War academy
École de guerre
Kriegsschule
in 2004
Sword and Compass
Compass
Dear enthusiast
Have you ever been interested in sound scientific basis of the art of war as was
taught in the period war academies of the European capitals? Are you curious to get
into touch with fields every gentleman and officer was expected to know? Not to
speak about the “courtesy” riding, fencing and dancing…
If you do so attend the first war academy ever held for the napoleonic time!
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Basic idea: establish contemporary war academy for senior officers 1790-1815
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Choose an authentic historical setting
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Private and quiet surroundings
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No obligations for the public performances
Be in the period, do not talk about the period!
Objectives
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Get an understanding o f an officer’s education
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Mutual exchange of experience and knowledge
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Transfer theory to practice where ever possible
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Improve your own quality and professional knowledge
Impact on the education in your own country
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Combination of educational work and relaxation by social events
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Form an esprit de corps
• Socialize
But not:
• Training on modern event management, fund raising etc.
Program
Lectures
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two days program on a weekend arrival on Friday, program Saturday through
Sunday, Departure on Sunday evening or Monday
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During daytime 9-18, including breaks and outdoor exercises
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Language English / German / French / … depending on participants
• Lectures with exercises and sample solutions
Proposed Issues
Mainly based on contemporary schedules, see appendix. Utmost importa nt: find
experienced lecturers!
DAY 1
Lecture
Exercises
Lecturer
Fortification:
Outline of a field
fortification
Preparing an
approche
Cptn. Louis
Blesson
Geometry
The use of principal
mathematical
instruments
N.N., Cptn. Louis
Blesson
Drawing
Copy a map or a
plan
Sketch of building
Cptn. Louis
Blesson
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Permanent
fortification
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Field fortification
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Methods of Sieges
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Study of famous
sieges
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maps
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perspective
Surveying ,
topography
Hand sketch of
position
1. Tools and instruments Surveyor’s table
2. Methods
Planning and
3. mapmaking
constructing a camp
4. castremation
Cptn. Louis
Blesson
DAY 2
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Applied Mathematics
Applying the sector
N.N.
Strategy
“Planspiel”
N.N.
Artificer’s secrets
N.N.
1.
Study of a famous
campaign
Artillery:
1.
Material
2.
Trajectories
3.
Tactics
4. Regulations
Cavalry
N.N.
Infantry
N.N.
Additional topics
Contemporary French Oral and written
exercise
N.N.
Surgery
N.N.
Contemporary writing
techniques
N.N.
Auditing
N.N.
Administration
N.N.
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Commissary
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Train
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Ranks, titles and
responsibilities
Contemporary Rules
of conduct
N.N.
Fencing
N.N.
Materials
Provided by organisers and/or hotel
• Blackboard, chalk
• Architect’s table
Provided by lecturers
• Original Equipment (Instruments, artefacts, reproductions…)
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Original Books
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Original or reproduced Plans, maps
• Models
For social events
• Tent(s)
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Equipment for Picnique
Social events
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Program for ladies Picnique party
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Reception at the beginning
Common supper and Diner
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Lessons in dancing
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Ball on Saturday evening
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Gatherings during day time
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Divertissements
Lessons on contemporary literature
Location
Prerequisites
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Historical ambience
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Rural landscape for practice and social events, at best a park / large garden /
national preserved area nearby
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Contemporary castle, manor, fortress or tavern
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Accommodation in a stylish hotel, but also reasonable accommodation nearby for
those who wish to stay more reasonable
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Hall for lectures, capacity 20-30 persons plus space for large tables
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Easy to reach by car, train or plane
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In the average not more than 500 km to travel in the average (i.e. St. Petersburg
is nice, but out of question)
Sample locations
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Staatspark Fürstenlager, Bensheim-Auerbach, Germany, Summer Resort of
Dukes of Hessia-Darmstadt, about 1785, Hotel , splendid location with garden
(my favourite), see http://www.parkhotel-herrenhaus.de/
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Zeilitzheim castle near Würtzburg, Germany, about 1720, reasonable, but only a
very tiny garden & rather mediocre restaurant http://www.schloss-zeilitzheim.de/
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Fort Loewenstein, NL, situated on the banks of river Wal (Rhine), near Gorkum.
No hotel, but splendid location in a national preserved area. Accommodation in
tents inside the fort. Very reasonable
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Bourtange, NL, Frisia, close to the German border (small hotel inside the fortress)
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Other locations in Upper Italy, France, Belgium, Bohemia?
Lectures & Participants
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Qualified Lecturers
o reputation in their fields
o beginners get a chance
o first person interpretation desired, but third person also welcome
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Estimated number 20 participants, minimum 5?
High equipment standard
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Mainly officers and their partners, but other NCO and highly qualified rank -and-file
also welcome
Civilians
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Servants
Participant’s equipment
Apart from cloths and travelling kit, every participant is expected to bring:
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personal contemporary writing kit; contemporary writing techniques welcome.
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if available, case with instruments
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mess kit
Lecturer’s equipment
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original textbooks
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original maps and plans
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drawing board and related items
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instruments for demonstrations
Proposed Date
It should not conflict with major events of the year and it should conform to other
social events
• 24-25 May 2004
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8-10 October 2004
Finance and funds
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Estimated cost per day and person for full program in a hotel: 100 EUR
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Ditto for minimum program 30-50 EUR per Day
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Everybody pays by its own
o Accommodation
o Transfer
o Food and beverages
o extras
By application form a fund in order to finance
o Support of participants who could not afford
o Common materials (paper, ink,…)
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Given at the place of Düsseldorf, Sunday, 07 December 2003
Louis Blesson
Capitain, royal Prussian engineers
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Dr. Martin Klöffler
Neusser Weg 72
D-404474 Düsseldorf
Germany
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Düsseldorf, Montag, 8. Dezember 2003
Tel. 0211 / 9083790
Fax. 0211 / 9083792
Handy 0171 /899 3003
E- Mail [email protected]
Appendix1
Educational Topics for senior officers
„Grundriss zur Bildung des Offiziers“,
F.F. von Nicolai, Ulm 1775
Topics from different war academies in
Germany late 18th century till early
19th century
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Vorbereitende Unterweisung
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Lessons at “Hohe Carlschule”,
Ludwigsburg, Württemberg 1784, “Age
of the enlightment”
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Die Religion
Sprachen. Deutsche, Lateinische,
Französische, Welsche
Künste. Zeichnungskunst,
Bürgerliche Baukunst
Schöne Wissenschaften.
Götterlehre, Altherthümer
Vorbereitungswissenschaften
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Reine und angewandte
Größenlehre
2.
Geschichtskunde
3.
Erdbeschreibung
4.
Statistik
5.
Vernunftlehre
6.
Sittenlehre
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Natur-, Völker- und Kriegsrechts
Allgemeine Kriegswissenschaften
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Praktische Rechenkunst
1.
Die Geschützkunst
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Praktischen Geometrie mit Anwendung der
geometrischen Erdbeschreibung
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Die Befestigungskunst
3.
Niedere und höhere Taktik
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Angewandte Mathematik
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Bürgerliche Baukunst
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Geschützwissenschaft
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Reine Mathematik
Festungsbau
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Angewandte Mathematik
Lehre von Angriff und Verteidigung von
Festungen
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Einrichtung und Gebrauch der Artillerie
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Angewandte Taktik und Strategie
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Physik und Chemie
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Dienst
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Feldbefestigung
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Kriegsrecht
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Angriff und Vertheidigung der Festungen
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Situationsplanzeichnen
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Anleitung zur militärischen Zeichnung
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Geschützzeichnen
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Vaterländische Geschichte
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Fortificationszeichnen
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Geographie
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Perspektivzeichnen
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Deutscher Styl
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Erste Begriffe von Geometrie
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Französische Sprache
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Reine Taktik
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Taktik
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Feldbefestigung
Topics of F.F. von Nicolai 1775
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Wasserbaukunst
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(The most exhaus tive list the author knows; though never
realized in it’s full extend but it is plenty of ideas)
Feldbefestigungszeichnen
Topics at „Vereinigte Artillerie- und
Ingenieurschule“, Potsdam, 1816
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Take my excuses, because it is German; but
you get the basic ideas I hope.
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Artillerie / Geschützwissenschaft
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Geschütz-Zeichnung
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Feldbefestigung
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Feldbefestigungszeichnen
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Lagerkunst / Castremation
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Befestigungskunst /Kriegsbaukunst /
Festungsbau / Fortification
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Fortifications -Zeichnung
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Angriff und Verteidigung von Vestungen
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Wasserbaukunst
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Civil-Architektur / Bürgerlicher Baukunst
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Perspektiv-Zeichnen
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Praktische Geometrie / Feldmessen
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Reine Taktik
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Anwandte Taktik und Strategie
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Taktische Zeichnungskunst
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Geschichte der Taktik
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Kriegsgeschichte
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Krieg-Alterthümer
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Encyclopädie und Geschichte der
Kriegskunst
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Kriegsrecht
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Völkerrecht
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Soldatenrecht
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Naturrecht
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Mathematik
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Mathematische Geographie
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Statik,
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Mechanik
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Stereometrie
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Trigonometrie
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Arithmetik
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Geometrie
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Algebra
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Dienst
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Militärischer Briefstil
Literature
1.
Bertram, J: Die Bildung des Offiziers –
Dokumente aus vier Jahrhunderten –
Schriftenreihe Innere Führung (1969)
2.
Hohrath, Daniel (Hrsg): Die Bildung des
Offiziers
in
der
Aufklärung,
Württembergische Landesbibliothek in der
Aufklärung, Stuttgart (1990)
3.
Tharau, Friedrich-Karl: Die geistige Kultur
des preußischen Offiziers von 1640-1806,
Hase & Köhler-Verlag, Mainz (1968)
4.
Numerous original textbooks in German
and French at the disposal of the author
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