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| Synopsis of the Principal Military Operations of the Allies on the Western Front | [1] |
| THE MILITARY SITUATION IN OCTOBER, 1917 | [6] |
| WAR PRINCIPLES (For 1917) | [10] |
| Strategy and Tactics are Unchanged | [10] |
| Violation of the Laws of Warfare—Influence of Science | [16] |
| FIGHTING UNITS | [17] |
| A Glance at the Normal Composition of a Division | [18] |
| The Command | [22] |
| The Staffs | [24] |
| Aviation—Its Military Beginnings, its Increasing Importance | [29] |
| Use and Scope of Aviation | [32] |
| Different Kinds of Aircraft—Battle-Planes | [34] |
| Bombing-Planes | [36] |
| Observation or Scout-Planes | [40] |
| Use of Scout-Planes to Direct Artillery Fire | [43] |
| Use of Scout-Planes to Direct the Movements of Infantry | [44] |
| Hydroplanes | [48] |
| Balloons—Zeppelins | [48] |
| Trench Organization—General Remarks | [51] |
| General Plan of an Entrenchment System | [58] |
| Communication Lines | [66] |
| Mines and Counter-Mines | [69] |
| Special Railway Troops | [70] |
| Transportation by Road | [73] |
| Camouflage | [75] |
| ARTILLERY, RETROSPECTIVE VIEW | [77] |
| Artillery of an Army | [80] |
| Artillery of an Army Corps | [81] |
| Artillery of a Division | [82] |
| Trench Artillery | [83] |
| Tanks | [84] |
| Mission and Use of the Artillery in the Fight | [86] |
| Anti-Aircraft Artillery | [92] |
| Armoured Motor-Cars | [94] |
| Advance or Withdrawal of the Artillery | [95] |
| MUNITION SUPPLY | [100] |
| Sketch of the Railroad Organization | [100] |
| Organization of the Munition Parks | [101] |
| Divisional Parks | [103] |
| Replacing the Guns | [107] |
| Different Issues of Ammunition | [109] |
| INFANTRY | [112] |
| Arms of the Infantry | [112] |
| Machine-Guns | [113] |
| Machine-Gun Rifle | [117] |
| Bayonet | [118] |
| Grenades | [119] |
| Trench Knives | [121] |
| Automatic Pistols | [121] |
| Instruction | [122] |
| Duties of the Officers | [123] |
| Shock-Troops (Stosstruppen) | [129] |
| Mission and Use of the Infantry in a Division | [131] |
| Assaulting and Occupation Troops | [135] |
| Offensive Engagements—Their Preparation | [136] |
| Defensive Engagements | [142] |
| Prolonged Engagements | [143] |
| Signalling | [146] |
| Battalions of Three Companies | [147] |
| Framework of the Army | [147] |
| Cavalry | [148] |
| FORBIDDEN WEAPONS | [150] |
| Asphyxiating Gases | [150] |
| Tear-Producing Gases—Gaz-Vésicant | [152] |
| Liquid Fire (Flammenwerfer) | [153] |
| Conclusion | [156] |
| Index | [161] |