Events Tagged: "staff"

St. Hilary banishes serpent Galena - enormous serpent terrorizing Poitiers driven away with bishop's staff (Fortunatus)

St. Marcellus drives dragon from Paris - bishop uses his staff to lead serpent from tomb to Seine River (Gregory of Tours)

Prussian War Academy (Kriegsakademie) founded in Berlin - creates professional general staff officer corps with scientific military education

Moltke institutionalizes Kriegsspiel (war games) for general staff training - officers practice campaigns on detailed maps with dice for friction