Military Instructors Manual

by J. P. Cole; Oliver Schoonmaker

Chapter 15.

• Trench warfare; [287]
  • General principles; [287]
  • Instructions to be issued by battalion commander; [287]
  • Attack of a defensive position; [289]
  • Attacking from trenches; [291]
  • Defense of trenches; [296]
    • Liaison; [298]
  • Trench orders; [299]
  • Selection of site; [302]
  • Trench construction; [303], [307]
    • General arrangement; [303]
    • System of laying out trenches; [307]
    • Revettments; [308]
    • Sod; [310]
    • Sand bags; [310]
    • Concrete work; [310]
    • Gabions; [310]
    • Trench armament; [311]
    • Loopholes; [311]
    • Trench bottoms; [311]
    • Communication trench; [313]
    • Latrines; [315]
    • Shelters; [315]
    • Dugouts; [317]
    • Sentries; [317]
    • Position; [317]
    • Entrances; [317]
    • Galleries; [318]
    • Bomb-traps; [318]
    • Interior; [318]
    • Depots for supplies; [318]
    • Telephones; [319]
    • Departure parallel; [319]
    • Machine gun emplacements; [319]
    • Listening posts; [321]
    • Wire entanglements; [321]
    • High entanglements; [321]
    • Tracing entanglements; [322]
    • Low entanglements; [322]
    • Loose wire; [322]
  • Criticisms by Lieut Henri Poire; [322]
• Occupation; [325]
  • Two main classes of relief; [325]
  • General principles of relief; [325]
  • Mechanism of relief; [325]
    • Attack during the march; [328]
  • The stay in the trenches; [329]
    • Four objects of a trench commander; [329]
    • His plan of defense; [329]
    • Organization of defense; [329]
    • Liaison; [331]
    • Observation; [331]
    • Trench work; [333]
    • Offensive operations; [334]
    • Rule of the trench commander; [335]
  • Duties of the company commander; [335]
  • Duties of platoon leaders as officers on duty; [339]
  • Duties of platoon leaders; [339]
  • In front line trenches; [340]
  • Duties of non-commissioned officer on duty; [341]
  • Patrols; [342]
  • Sentinels; [342]
  • Machine guns; [342]
  • Snipers; [343]
  • Organization of a platoon; [344]
  • Deployments; [346]
  • Normal battalion formation in attack; [347]
  • General principles of the platoon formation in assault of
    • fortified positions; [349]
  • Remarks regarding forming of wave from close order; [353]
  • Some questions a platoon commander should ask himself; [354]
  • Defensive measure against gas attacks; [356]
    • General considerations; [356]
    • Nature of gas attacks; [356]
      • Gas clouds; [356]
      • Gas projectiles; [358]
      • Tear or lachrymatory shells; [359]
      • Poison shells; [359]
      • Smoke; [359]
      • Mine and explosion gases; [359]
  • Protection of shelters; [360]
    • Methods of protection; [360]
    • Shelters which should be protected; [361]
  • Protection of weapons and equipment; [361]
    • Small arms and S.A.A.; [362]
    • Hand and rifle grenades; [362]
    • Light trench mortars; [362]
  • Action to be taken in trenches on gas alarm; [363]
  • Action to be taken in billets and back areas; [363]
  • Action during gas attack; [364]
    • Protective measures; [364]
    • Tactical measures; [364]
  • Precautions against gas shells; [365]
  • Action subsequent to a gas attack; [367]
    • General; [367]
    • Movement; [367]
    • Clearing dugouts and other shelters; [367]
    • Ventilation; [368]
      • Natural; [368]
      • By fire; [368]
      • By fanning; [369]
    • Cleaning arms and ammunition; [369]
    • Treatment of shell holes; [370]
  • Concealment from aerial observers; [370]
  • Orders governing intrenchment problems; [372]
  • Company organization; [384]
    • Company headquarters; [384]
    • Headquarters; [384]
  • Personnel; [385]
    • Commissioned; [385]
    • Enlisted; [386]
  • Equipment; [386]
  • Trench standing orders; [386]
    • Duties; [386]
    • Sentries; [387]
    • Patrols; [388]
    • Stand to; [389]
    • Machine guns; [389]
    • Reliefs; [390]
    • Guides; [391]
    • Smoking and talking; [391]
    • Procedure on arrival at trenches; [391]
    • Log books; [392]
    • Equipment; [392]
    • Stretcher bearers; [392]
    • Discipline; [392]
    • Rations and cooking; [393]
    • Sanitation; [393]
  • Emergency dumps for companies (material); [394]
    • Contents of dump; [394]
    • Stores for company; [394]
    • Stores at battalion headquarters; [394]
• Conclusion; [396]
• Bibliography; [397]