Mapy w planowaniu działań operacyjnych armii polskiej i litewskiej do początków panowania Stefana Batorego
The Use of Maps in the Planning of Operational Activities of Polish and Lithuanian Armies until the Beginning of the Rule of Stephen Báthory

Summary/Abstract: As per the 16th and 17th centuries, operational activities should be understood as military activities conducted by independent groups (usually regiments). They may also be termed the art of manoeuvre. One may place them between strategic decisions and specific tactic actions related to fighting a battle or conducting a siege. The first mid-16th-century theoreticians to have observed the importance of this art were Albrecht Hohenzollern and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski. Some 16th-cenutry authors (e.g. Jan Tarnowski, Albrecht Hohenzollern, Marcin Bielski) concordantly postulated the introduction of a preceding manoeuvre action that would last one day. This assumption survived until the early 18th century.

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