The Defence of Duffer's Drift (original) (raw)

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The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a short 1904 book by Ernest Dunlop Swinton. Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF) and his command of fifty men are given the task to defend Duffer's Drift, a natural ford to a river. A large force of Boers, unknown to BF, is moving toward his position. This scenario is played out six separate times, in six "dreams." In the early scenarios, BF and his British troops are ignominiously defeated. After each defeat, BF learns lessons and adapts his strategy for the later encounters. The later dreams end more inconclusively, and in the final dream, BF and his command successfully hold out long enough to be relieved. The book encourages critical thinking and careful use of position and terrain to mount a successful defence. The book has been imitated many times, both for the British Army and for the US Army, and new adaptations continue to appear in the 21st century. (en)
『愚者の渡しの防御』（ぐしゃのわたしのぼうぎょ、英語: The Defence of Duffer's Drift）は、イギリス陸軍のアーネスト・ダンロップ・スウィントン大尉（後に少将まで昇進、大英帝国勲章・バス勲章・殊功勲章授与）による小説仕立ての兵法書。ボーア戦争を舞台として、部隊の壊滅と任務の失敗を避けるために、著者の分身と目される主人公の新米少尉が戦訓を学びつつループを繰り返し、最終的に任務を成功させる。小部隊戦闘に関する古典的名作であり、1904年の初版出版後、各国で好評を博したほか、現代に到るまで類書がたびたび著されている。夢オチでもある。 (ja)

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Ernest Dunlop Swinton, writing as "Backsight Forethought" (en)

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Front cover, with the initials "B. F." (en)

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Military art and science (en)

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English (en)

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The Defence of Duffer's Drift (en)

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W. Clowes & Sons, London, reprinted from the United Service Magazine (en)

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『愚者の渡しの防御』（ぐしゃのわたしのぼうぎょ、英語: The Defence of Duffer's Drift）は、イギリス陸軍のアーネスト・ダンロップ・スウィントン大尉（後に少将まで昇進、大英帝国勲章・バス勲章・殊功勲章授与）による小説仕立ての兵法書。ボーア戦争を舞台として、部隊の壊滅と任務の失敗を避けるために、著者の分身と目される主人公の新米少尉が戦訓を学びつつループを繰り返し、最終的に任務を成功させる。小部隊戦闘に関する古典的名作であり、1904年の初版出版後、各国で好評を博したほか、現代に到るまで類書がたびたび著されている。夢オチでもある。 (ja)
The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a short 1904 book by Ernest Dunlop Swinton. Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF) and his command of fifty men are given the task to defend Duffer's Drift, a natural ford to a river. A large force of Boers, unknown to BF, is moving toward his position. This scenario is played out six separate times, in six "dreams." In the early scenarios, BF and his British troops are ignominiously defeated. After each defeat, BF learns lessons and adapts his strategy for the later encounters. The later dreams end more inconclusively, and in the final dream, BF and his command successfully hold out long enough to be relieved. The book encourages critical thinking and careful use of position and terrain to mount a successful defence. (en)

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愚者の渡しの防御 (ja)
The Defence of Duffer's Drift (en)

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