CHAPTER 14.
Conferences; 259
Study; 259
Syllabus: Small problems for infantry;
261
Examinations; 269
Military science and tactics; 275
Minor tactics; 275
CHAPTER 15.
Trench warfare; 287
General principles; 287
Instructions to be issued by battalion
commander; 287
Attack of a defensive position; 289
Attacking from trenches; 291
Defense of trenches; 296
Liaison; 298
Trench orders; 299
Selection of site; 302
Trench construction; 303, 307
General arrangement; 303
System of laying out trenches;
307
Revettments; 308
Sod; 310
Sand bags; 310
Concrete work; 310
Gabions; 310
Trench armament; 311
Loopholes; 311
Trench bottoms; 311
Communication trench; 313
Latrines; 315
Shelters; 315
Dugouts; 317
Sentries; 317
Position; 317
Entrances; 317
Galleries; 318
Bomb-traps; 318
Interior; 318
Depots for supplies; 318
Telephones; 319
Departure parallel; 319
Machine gun emplacements;
319
Listening posts; 321
Wire entanglements; 321
High entanglements; 321
Tracing entanglements; 322
Low entanglements; 322
Loose wire; 322
Criticisms by Lieut Henri Poire; 322
Occupation; 325
Two main classes of relief; 325
General principles of relief; 325
Mechanism of relief; 325
Attack during the march; 328
The stay in the trenches; 329
Four objects of a trench commander;
329
His plan of defense; 329
Organization of defense; 329
Liaison; 331
Observation; 331
Trench work; 333
Offensive operations; 334
Rule of the trench commander;
335
Duties of the company commander; 335
Duties of platoon leaders as officers
on duty; 339
Duties of platoon leaders; 339
In front line trenches; 340
Duties of non-commissioned officer on
duty; 341
Patrols; 342
Sentinels; 342
Machine guns; 342
Snipers; 343
Organization of a platoon; 344
Deployments; 346
Normal battalion formation in attack;
347
General principles of the platoon formation
in assault of
fortified positions; 349
Remarks regarding forming of wave from
close order; 353
Some questions a platoon commander should
ask himself; 354
Defensive measure against gas attacks;
356
General considerations; 356
Nature of gas attacks; 356
Gas clouds; 356
Gas projectiles;
358
Tear or lachrymatory
shells; 359
Poison shells;
359
Smoke; 359
Mine and explosion
gases; 359
Protection of shelters; 360
Methods of protection; 360