Handy War Guide for My Company: Handy Company Commander's Guide
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Handy War Guide for My Company, by André Godefroy Lionel Hanguillart, Edited by Louis Joseph Alexandre Mercier, Translated by Louis Joseph Alexandre Mercier
Handy Company Commander's Guide Written at the front by Captain Hanguillart of the French Army Translated and edited by Louis J. A. Mercier, A.M. First Lieutenant, Harvard R. O. T. C. Interpreter with British Expeditionary Force on the French Front 1914-17. ———————— DASH UNDER DISCIPLINE ———————— Copyright, 1918 by R. D. CORTINA COMPANY. The Cortina Academy of Languages New York 1918
Printed in the United States of America By THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS 150 Lafayette Street New York City
Its special value comes from the fact that it was written at the front and is wholly based on the orders which Captain Hanguillart drew up for the instruction of his own company and tested repeatedly through actual experience.
Thus its very omissions are significant.
The text as it stands represents essentials.
Its every paragraph is a unit of tried advice.
It embodies the practical data that has secured results.
André Godefroy Lionel Hanguillart
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TABLE.
PREFACE.
FOOTNOTE:
TRENCH LIFE AND TRENCH WARFARE.
TAKING OVER THE TRENCHES.
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRENCHES.
THE WATCH FROM THE TRENCHES.
AT ALL TIMES
DURING THE DAY.
AT NIGHT.
PATROLLING.
INTERROGATING PRISONERS.
DEVICES TO DRAW THE ENEMY'S FIRE.
THE COUNTER ATTACK.
FOOTNOTE:
CONCERNING ARTILLERY.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ENEMY'S ARTILLERY.
USE OF TRENCH ARTILLERY.
FOOTNOTE:
FIELD ARTILLERY COOPERATION.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
7 A.M. (6 A.M. in summer).
8 A.M.
4 P.M.
(8. P.M.)
TURNING OVER THE TRENCHES.
THE RELIEF.
THE DAY AFTER THE RELIEF.
OUT OF THE TRENCHES.
QUESTIONS.
Trench Life and Trench Warfare.
THE APPROACH.
PRELIMINARY DISPOSITIONS TO START THE APPROACH.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST HOSTILE ARTILLERY.
AGAINST SILENT ARTILLERY.
FOOTNOTE:
CROSSING A BOMBARDED ZONE.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AGAINST ALL TYPES OF EFFECTIVE FIRE.
FOOTNOTES:
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE APPROACH.
USE OF WOODS AS SHELTER ON THE ADVANCE.
TO CROSS A CREST.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CAVALRY.
THE ATTACK.
THE TERMINATION OF THE APPROACH.
THE FIRE ATTACK.
ADVANCING THE FIRING LINE.
USE OF MACHINE GUNS IN THE ATTACK.
THE COMPANY SUPPORTS.
THE COMPANIES IN SUPPORT.
THE CHARGE.
THE PURSUIT.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE ATTACK.
ATTACK OF A WOOD.
ATTACK OF A VILLAGE.
ATTACK OF A DEFILE.
NIGHT ATTACKS.
DEFENSE OF WOODS.
DEFENSE OF A VILLAGE.
DEFENSE OF A DEFILE.
NIGHT DEFENSE OF A POSITION
THE COUNTER ATTACK.
QUESTIONS.
Transcriber's Note:
