Banks.—The banks of rivers, canals, streams, etc., can be made use of for gun positions, or covered lines of advance or retreat.
Crops.—Standing crops often form useful cover for guns and concealed lines of advance, etc.
Ditches.—These can often be used to enable machine guns to be pushed forward, so as to bring oblique or enfilade fire to bear on the enemy.
Great care must be taken not to show above the banks of the ditch.
A few men should be pushed along the ditch on the exposed flank as a protection against snipers, counterattacks, etc.
Houses.—Houses may be used as follows:—
Place the gun in the back of a room, firing through an open window, or a window from which a few panes of glass have been removed.
Remove a few tiles from the roof, and fire through the opening thus made.
Should a house have two doors or two windows, directly behind one another, the gun may be placed in rear of the house, and fire through these doors or windows.
Place the gun in rear of the house, so that oblique or enfilade fire can be brought to bear on the enemy.