Trench Warfare
by Joseph S. Smith
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About this eBook
- Author
- Smith, Joseph S. (Joseph Shuter), 1893-1950
- Title
- Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men
- Credits
- Produced by 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
- UG: Military science: Military engineering
- Subject
- Siege warfare
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 61519
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61519
- Release Date
- February 26, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TRENCH WARFARE
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.EDITOR’S NOTE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.TRENCH WARFARE — LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRENCHES
- 6.DUGOUTS
- 7.RESISTANCE OF ROOFING MATERIALS
- 8.DUMPS
- 9.LATRINES
- 10.REVETMENTS
- 11.TRAVERSES
- 12.LISTENING POSTS
- 13.OBSERVATION POSTS
- 14.SUPPORT TRENCHES AND SUPPORT DUGOUTS
- 15.SUPPORT POINTS
- 16.RESERVE DUGOUTS
- 17.SECOND LINE
- 18.COMMUNICATION TRENCHES
- 19.SKETCH OF TRENCH SYSTEM
- 20.TELEPHONE LINES
- 21.RECESSES
- 22.NOTICE BOARDS
- 23.TRENCH DRAINAGE
- 24.FLOORBOARDS
- 25.BRUSHWOOD AND STRAW
- 26.WORKING PARTIES
- 27.TRAVERSED FIRE TRENCHES
- 28.OBSTACLES AND ENTANGLEMENTS
- 29.ORGANIZATION OF BOMBING SQUADS
- 30.TRAINING
- 31.EXPLOSIVES
- 32.BOMBS
- 33.GAS WARFARE
- 34.GAS MASKS OR RESPIRATORS
- 35.DUTIES OF A PLATOON COMMANDER AT THE FRONT
- 36.GOING INTO THE TRENCHES
- 37.IN THE FIRING LINE
- 38.SENTRIES
- 39.RIFLES
- 40.PREPARATORY TO ENTERING TRENCHES
- 41.TAKING OVER TRENCHES
- 42.SNIPING
- 43.PATROLS
- 44.DUTIES OF AN OFFICER
- 45.HOW TO FIRE A MACHINE GUN IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
- 46.PREVENTION OF FROST BITE AND TRENCH FEET
- 47.Transcriber’s Notes
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