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.
It sums up the cautions that have saved lives.
In the second part, Captain Hanguillart has merely reproduced the French Infantry Combat principles long published in the official manual for the instruction of platoon leaders.
In presenting this little work, no claim is made that it is adequate to the complete instruction of company commanders.
Its obvious supplements are such works as: Colonel Paul Azan—The War of Position.
The Army War College—Translation of the French Manual for Commanders of Infantry Platoons.
Cole and Schoonmaker—Military Instructors Manual.