Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men

CONTENTS

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Introduction	vii
Location and Construction of Trenches	1
Dugouts	19
Resistance of Roofing Materials	24
Dumps	25
Latrines	27
Revetments	28
Sand Bags	29
Corrugated Iron	32
Fire Platforms	34
Traverses	36
Listening Posts	38
Observation Posts	43
Loopholes for firing	43
Support Trenches and Support Dugouts	45
Support Points	46
Reserve Dugouts	47
Second Line	47
Communication Trenches	48
Sketch of Trench System	56
Section I	56
Section II	58
Section III	63
Section IV	67
Telephone Lines	68
Recesses	69
Notice Boards	70
Trench Drainage	72
Floorboards	77
Brushwood and Straw	79
Working Parties	80
Reliefs	81
Traversed Fire Trenches	83
Obstacles and Entanglements	84
Low Wire Entanglements	85
High Wire Entanglements	86
Abatis	88
Barricades	88
Inundations	89
Fougasses	89
Organization of Bombing Squads	90
Training	91
Explosives	101 Clyx.com