Instructions for the Defensive Combat of Small Units : Infantry: Platoon to Regiment : Adapted from French, British and American Instructions and Other Sources
[Chaumont, France]: Adjutant General Printing Dept GHQ AEF, 1918.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Pamphlet. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #15386
Spine sun, edgewear, stamp "Army Candidate's School" on front cover, dampstain to top corner, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback stapled pamphlet. ; Marked CONFIDENTIAL "Not to be taken into front line trenches. Issued to include Platoon Commanders." Approved July, 1918. World War One tactical manual published "for the information and guidance of the American Expeditionary Forces" combining the experiences of the British and French armies with prior American doctrine. Over 60 illustrations. The Adjutant General of the AEF at this time was Robert Courtney Davis, who had been a professor in the Department of Tactics at West Point, and later served as Adjutant General of the United States Army. Contents: Introduction; Part I: General Principles: Ch I. Characteristics of the Attack; II: General Characteristics of the Defense: General Measures for the Defense, General Features of Defensive Action; III: A Defensive Position and Disposition of Troops Therein; IV: Services and Information; Part II: Infantry in the Trenches: I: Infantry During the Period of Stabilization; II: Infantry Attacked in Its Trenches; Part III: Elementary School of the Organization of the Ground: I: Fire Trenches and Communication Trenches; II: Cave Shelters; III: Wire Entanglements; IV. Accessories of Fire Trenches and Communication Trenches. ; Confidential No. 1312; 192 pages.
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