No particular battle, more von Seydlitz' general attitude (and aptitude) regarding timing: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=08234

No particular battle, more von Seydlitz' general attitude (and aptitude) regarding timing: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=082349872349872%20seydlitz&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... (note especially the unusual connection to Whitehead!) Von Seydlitz' MO was apparently to smoke a pipe until the propitious moment, at which point he would fling it up into the air to signal the attack. In this picture the trumpeter transduces his visual signal to an audible one, but in principle the limited speed of sound means that a visual signal is likely to produce (assuming the squadrons are paying attention? maybe there's an audible/gossiped "ready" signal?) a cleaner initial charge even for fronts as small as 300m.