DEFENSE OF A VILLAGE.
211.—Distribution of Troops.
The same as for the defense of a wood.
212.—The exits.
The outskirts defense organization should include trenches and accessory defences before all the exits. These should be strongly barricaded.
213.—Interior strong point.
The interior defense should be organized about the houses most strongly built and least visible to the enemy's artillery. It should include hidden communications between these strong points, thus facilitating a prolonged defense.
214.—Special precautions.
The streets should be barricaded and loopholes provided in the walls of the houses. Precautions should be taken against fire: pails of water, boxes of sand provided in the houses.