CONTENTS

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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]