Preface[5]

Part I.
Trench Life and Trench Warfare
Taking over the Trenches[11]
Care and Improvement of the Trenches[14]
The Watch from the Trenches[17]
Patrolling[22]
Interrogating Prisoners[25]
Devices to draw the Enemy's Fire[28]
An Attack, the Repulse[32]
The Counter-Attack[34]
Precautions against Enemy's Artillery[36]
Use of Trench Artillery[37]
Field Artillery Cooperation[39]
Daily Schedule[41]
Turning over the Trenches[43]
Out of the Trenches[44]
Topical Questions on Part I[46]

Part II.
French Infantry Combat Principles.
Open Warfare[53]
The Approach[55]
Precautions against Silent Artillery[58]
Crossing a Bombarded Zone[59]
Use of Woods as Shelter[64]
To Cross a Crest[65]
The Fire Attack[69]
Precautions against Cavalry[65]
The Termination of the Approach[67]
Use of Machine Guns[71]
The Company Supports[72]
The Companies in Support[73]
The Charge and the Pursuit[73]
Attack of a Wood[75]
Attack of a Village[76]
Attack of a Defile[77]
Night Attacks[77]
Defense of Woods[80]
Defense of a Village[81]
Defense of a Defile[82]
Night Defense of a Position[83]
The Counter Attack[83]
Topical Questions on Part II[86]

[Appendix]
A Division Front in Trench Warfare.
[The Trench System]
[The Back Areas]

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PREFACE.

The first part of Captain Hanguillart's little book "Petit Guide pratique de Guerre pour ma compagnie" has been incorporated in the new manuals of instruction published for the young recruits of the French army by the official military publishing house "Librairie Militaire Berger-Levrault," the editors of the "Annuaire officiel de l'Armée."[A]

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.