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British "Tank" in Action Frontispiece
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1. Showing Use of Natural Cover by Soldier Lying Down 22
2. Showing Use of Sandbag and Earth for Protection 22
3. Showing Position of Body Behind Earth,
and Direction of Fire Round Right Side of Cover 26
4. Trench System Showing Fire, Support
and Reserve Trenches; Redoubts; Communicating
Trenches; Saps; Listening Posts, etc. 28
5. Showing Method of Cutting Trench;
Parapet and Parados; Drainage 28
6. Showing Revetting; Flooring Made of
Boards and Chicken Wire; Drainage 30
7. Trench with Simple Dugout under Parapet 32
8. Finished Dugout, 6'x4'x4' with Deep
Entrance and Shrapnel-proofing 32
9. Finished Trench Showing Parapet and
Parados; Firing Step of Earth; Flooring;
and Shelter Dugout under Parados 34
10. Machine Gun Position with Heavy Overhead Cover 36
11. Simple Entanglements Made of Barbed
Wire and Rough Posts 42
12. Trench Periscopes 46
13. Simple Loophole Made of Steel Plate
Let into Parapet 52
14. Ordinary Hand Bomb with Fuse Lighted
Automatically as Lever Is Released 52
15. Trench Bomb Gun Firing Bomb with
Stem; and Trench Mortar Firing Large Bomb 54
16. Simple Gas Mask with Flutter Valve or
Check Valve. Ambulance Dogs and
Horses in the Gas Zone Were Equipped as Shown 56
17. British Soldier Fully Equipped with
Pack, Entrenching Tool, Sandbags and Steel Helmet 78

TRAINING FOR THE TRENCHES


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