1. Purpose of the Raid. To destroy such and such a dugout, machine gun emplacement, etc., to make prisoners, to gather information, or to prevent a contemplated gas attack on the part of the enemy.
2. Troops Employed. Number and designation of the different groups of grenadiers and trench cleaners to be used, equipment of same, and ammunition carried.
3. Objective of the Raid. The particular part of a trench, post, blockhouse, etc.
4. Precise Rôle of Each Group. Disposition of the groups before the raid in their own lines. This may be in the firing line or in “No Man’s Land” in a shell hole reached by crawling at night.
Time and signal of departure.
Means of crossing the enemy’s barbed wire entanglements.
Points of the hostile line upon which each group is to make its attack.
Rôle of each group during the raid. Protection of the flank, establishing barricades, proper execution of the raid.
Time or signal to return.
5. Co-operation of the infantry and artillery supporting the raid.