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Sniping in France

Sniping in France

by H. Hesketh-Prichard

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Author
Hesketh-Prichard, H. (Hesketh), 1876-1922
Title
Sniping in France: With notes on the scientific training of scouts, observers, and snipers
Original Publication
United States: E. P. Dutton and Company,1920.
Credits
Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
Subject
Sniping (Military science)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68964
Release Date
September 11, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SNIPING IN FRANCE
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.FOREWORD By General Lord Horne , G.C.B.
  6. 6.CONTENTS
  7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. 8.SNIPING IN FRANCE — CHAPTER I THE GENESIS OF SNIPING
  9. 9.CHAPTER II THE SNIPER IN THE TRENCHES — I — II
  10. 10.CHAPTER III EARLY DAYS WITH THE 11TH CORPS AND FIRST ARMY
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV THE FIRST ARMY SCHOOL OF SCOUTING, OBSERVATION AND SNIPING
  12. 12.CHAPTER V SOME SNIPING MEMORIES
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI AN OBSERVER’S MEMORIES
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE CURRICULUM AND WORK AT FIRST ARMY SCHOOL OF S.O.S.
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII WILIBALD THE HUN
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX THE CAT — I — II — III — IV — V
  17. 17.CHAPTER X THE TRAINING OF THE PORTUGUESE
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI THE MODERN SCOUT
  19. 19.APPENDICES
  20. 20.APPENDIX A
  21. 21.APPENDIX B General Course at First Army S.O.S. School
  22. 22.APPENDIX C — PART I — Care of Arms, Grouping and Range Practices : — Avoidable Causes of Inaccuracy : — Some Unavoidable Causes : — Other Definitions : — Grouping and Range Practices : — PART II — Patrolling and Scouting — Types of Patrols in Trench Warfare — Open Warfare — PART III — The Stalking Telescope — The General Service Telescope — PART IV — Front Line Observation and Reports — PART V — Some Uses of Scouts, Observers and Snipers in Attack, Defence and Open Warfare — PART VI — The Enfield 1914 Pattern “Sniper’s Rifle”
  23. 23.Transcriber’s Notes

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