If possible, make a rough platform of boards.
The gun then fires over the top of the ridge of the stack.
Place the gun behind the haystack in such a manner that oblique or enfilade fire may be brought to bear on the enemy.
The gun is then entirely concealed from the front.
This is, as a rule, the best method of using a haystack.
Hedges.—Can often be used as a covered approach and as fire positions giving cover from view.
A few men should be placed along the hedge, on the exposed flank, for protection.
Mounds of Earth, Roots, etc.—These may be used as follows:—
Hollow out the mound from the rear, so that the gun can fire from the hollow while it is concealed from the front.
Planks, sandbags, etc., can be used to support the earth.