Handy War Guide for My Company

About this eBook

Author

Hanguillart, André Godefroy Lionel

Title

Handy War Guide for My Company: Handy Company Commander's Guide

Credits

E-text prepared by Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

UG: Military science: Military engineering

Subject

Siege warfare

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44370

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44370

Release Date

December 6, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HANDY WAR GUIDE FOR MY COMPANY
2. 2.TABLE.
3. 3.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTE:
4. 4.Part I. Trench Life and Trench Warfare.
5. 5.TRENCH LIFE AND TRENCH WARFARE.
6. 6.TAKING OVER THE TRENCHES.
7. 7.CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRENCHES.
8. 8.THE WATCH FROM THE TRENCHES. — AT ALL TIMES — DURING THE DAY. — AT NIGHT.
9. 9.PATROLLING.
10. 10.INTERROGATING PRISONERS.
11. 11.DEVICES TO DRAW THE ENEMY'S FIRE.
12. 12.THE REPULSE.
13. 13.THE COUNTER ATTACK. — FOOTNOTE:
14. 14.CONCERNING ARTILLERY.
15. 15.PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ENEMY'S ARTILLERY.
16. 16.USE OF TRENCH ARTILLERY. — FOOTNOTE:
17. 17.FIELD ARTILLERY COOPERATION.
18. 18.DAILY SCHEDULE. — 7 A.M. (6 A.M. in summer). — 8 A.M. — 4 P.M. — (8. P.M.)
19. 19.TURNING OVER THE TRENCHES. — THE RELIEF. — THE DAY AFTER THE RELIEF.
20. 20.OUT OF THE TRENCHES.
21. 21.QUESTIONS. — Trench Life and Trench Warfare.
22. 22.Part II. French Infantry Combat Principles.
23. 23.OPEN WARFARE.
24. 24.THE APPROACH. — PRELIMINARY DISPOSITIONS TO START THE APPROACH.
25. 25.PRECAUTIONS AGAINST HOSTILE ARTILLERY. — AGAINST SILENT ARTILLERY. — FOOTNOTE:
26. 26.CROSSING A BOMBARDED ZONE. — GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AGAINST ALL TYPES OF EFFECTIVE FIRE. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE APPROACH.
28. 28.USE OF WOODS AS SHELTER ON THE ADVANCE.
29. 29.TO CROSS A CREST.
30. 30.PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CAVALRY.
31. 31.THE ATTACK.
32. 32.THE TERMINATION OF THE APPROACH.
33. 33.THE FIRE ATTACK. — ADVANCING THE FIRING LINE.
34. 34.USE OF MACHINE GUNS IN THE ATTACK.
35. 35.THE COMPANY SUPPORTS.
36. 36.THE COMPANIES IN SUPPORT.
37. 37.THE CHARGE.
38. 38.THE PURSUIT.
39. 39.SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE ATTACK.
40. 40.ATTACK OF A WOOD.
41. 41.ATTACK OF A VILLAGE.
42. 42.ATTACK OF A DEFILE.
43. 43.NIGHT ATTACKS.
44. 44.THE DEFENSE. DEFENSE OF POINTS d'APPUIS: WOODS, VILLAGES, DEFILES.
45. 45.DEFENSE OF WOODS.
46. 46.DEFENSE OF A VILLAGE.
47. 47.DEFENSE OF A DEFILE.
48. 48.NIGHT DEFENSE OF A POSITION
49. 49.THE COUNTER ATTACK.
50. 50.QUESTIONS.
51. 51.Appendix. A Division Front in Trench Warfare. — EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. — EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. — Transcriber's Note:

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