INTRODUCTION

EDITOR'S NOTE

CONTENTS

TRENCH WARFARE

LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRENCHES

DUGOUTS

RESISTANCE OF ROOFING MATERIALS

DUMPS

LATRINES

REVETMENTS

TRAVERSES

LISTENING POSTS

OBSERVATION POSTS

SUPPORT TRENCHES AND SUPPORT DUGOUTS

SUPPORT POINTS

RESERVE DUGOUTS

SECOND LINE

COMMUNICATION TRENCHES

SKETCH OF TRENCH SYSTEM

TELEPHONE LINES

RECESSES

NOTICE BOARDS

TRENCH DRAINAGE

FLOORBOARDS

BRUSHWOOD AND STRAW

WORKING PARTIES

TRAVERSED FIRE TRENCHES

OBSTACLES AND ENTANGLEMENTS

ORGANIZATION OF BOMBING SQUADS

TRAINING

EXPLOSIVES

BOMBS

GAS WARFARE

GAS MASKS OR RESPIRATORS

DUTIES OF A PLATOON COMMANDER AT THE FRONT

GOING INTO THE TRENCHES

IN THE FIRING LINE

SENTRIES

RIFLES

PREPARATORY TO ENTERING TRENCHES

TAKING OVER TRENCHES

SNIPING

PATROLS

DUTIES OF AN OFFICER

HOW TO FIRE A MACHINE GUN IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

PREVENTION OF FROST BITE AND TRENCH FEET

Transcriber's Notes

TRENCH
WARFARE

A MANUAL FOR OFFICERS AND MEN

BY
J. S. SMITH

SECOND LIEUTENANT WITH THE BRITISH
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
By E. P. DUTTON & CO.

Printed in the United States of America

TO
THE AMERICAN OFFICERS AND MEN
WHO SERVED AND
ARE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY
UNDER ALIEN FLAGS