When we took German prisoners, they were very often in a state of pitiable fright, for they had been absolutely fed by their officers with stories of the most circumstantial nature of the habitual brutality of the British to their prisoners; and yet it was a fine sight to see a German prisoner, obviously afraid to his very bones, and yet absolutely determined to give away nothing. One really laboured under an almost incontrollable impulse to go and shake such a man by the hand. After all, courage of the lonely sort is surely the most glorious thing that we can hope to witness, and whether it is displayed upon our side or upon the other, one feels the better for having witnessed it.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
The following is a programme which has given excellent results when training Brigade, Divisional, Corps Observers and Lovat Scouts Observers.
| 1st Day. | Lecture. | Maps and Conventional Signs. |
| Practical. | Comparison of Map with the Ground. | |
| Setting Maps. | ||
| Location of points by drawing rays. | ||
| 2nd Day. | Lecture. | The Stalking Telescope. |
| Practical. | Front Line Observation with Reports. | |
| Instruction and Practice in reading. | ||
| Map co-ordinates. | ||
| Judging Distance. | ||
| 3rd Day. | Lecture. | Contours, gradients, slopes, etc. |
| Practical. | Pegging out contours on the ground. | |
| Long Distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| Judging Distance. | ||
| 4th Day. | Lecture. | The Prismatic Compass. |
| Practical. | Taking Bearings. | |
| Working out mutual visibility problems. | ||
| Concave and convex slopes, drawing slopes. | ||
| 5th Day. | Lecture. | The use of the protractor. |
| Practical. | Plotting Bearings. | |
| Re-section problems. | ||
| Long distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| 6th Day. | Lecture. | Scales. |
| Practical. | Road Traverse. | |
| Filling in conventional signs and contours. | ||
| Long Distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| 7th Day. | Lecture. | Use of Scouts and Observers in Attack and Defence. |
| Practical. | Marching to Map co-ordinates. | |
| Selection of positions for Observation Posts. | ||
| Front Line Observation with Reports. | ||
| 8th Day. | Scheme. | Bringing in the use of Observers in Open Warfare. |
| Construction and concealment of Observation Posts. | ||
| Taking Bearings with Compass. | ||
| 9th Day. | Lecture. | Front Line Observation. |
| Practical. | Locating of points by drawing rays. | |
| Compass March (by Day). | ||
| 10th Day. | Lecture. | Aeroplane Photographs. |
| Practical. | Comparison of photos with the ground. | |
| Re-section problems. | ||
| 11th Day. | Practical. | Handing over and relief of Observation Posts. |
| Using Telescope as Director. | ||
| Long Distance Observation with Reports. | ||
| Use of Director Board. | ||
| 12th Day. | Practical. | Making and plotting a Road Traverse. |
| Making a Road Report. | ||
| Compass March (by Night). | ||
| 13th Day. | Practical. | Enlarging Map and constructing scales. |
| Work with Director Board. | ||
| 14th Day. | Recapitulation and Examinations. |
APPENDIX B
General Course at First Army S.O.S. School
(From this the Battalion I.O. can frame Programmes of work to suit any period of Rest.)
The following lectures are given during the Course, and are attended by all students except in the case of No. 11, which is attended by the officers only.
- 1. Care of Arms and Grouping.
- 2. The Enfield 1914 pattern Rifle.
- 3. The Stalking Telescope.
- 4. General lecture on Map-reading.
- 5. Patrolling and Scouting.
- 6. Elevations and Wind.
- 7. The construction of Sniping and Forward O.P.’s.
- 8. General lecture on Telescopic-Sighted Rifles.
- 9. Duties of Scouts, Observers and Snipers in Attack and Defence.
- 10. Front Line Observation and Reports.
- 11. Duties of the Bn. Intelligence Officer.
- 12. Aeroplane photos, with Lantern Slides.
- 13. General Musketry Lecture.
- 14. Bayonet Training (by Supt. P. and B.T. First Army).
(Note:—Nos. 13 and 14 are given on two evenings during the last week of the Course.)