Artillery Firing : Translated From The French Edition Of November 19, 1917
France: Headquarters American Expeditionary Force, 1918.
Card Covers. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #16937
Covers creased, 1" spine edge tear, tone, some page top creasing with margin tears, owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid thick card covers. ; March 1918, at Nancy by Berger-Levrault. "Confidential : Issued down to include all Artillery officers. Not to be taken into front line trenches." Ownershp signature on front cover: Lt Carl German - Btry D, 109th F A. The 109th Field Artillery was deployed to France as part of Pennsylvania's 28th Division, "The Bloody Bucket." Edited translation of Instruction sur le Tir d'Artillerie, "published for the information and guidance of all concerned, as basic regulations in artillery firing. ... While a relatively large amount of the text is devoted to the complexities and refinements incident to position warfare, the rapid, approximate methods of ope warfare must not be neglected. The artillery must be able to adapt its methods to the situation. Otherwise it cannot hope to meet the demands which can reasonably be made upon it." The American Expeditionary Force adapted many operational methods and equipment from the experience of the French Army of World War One's trench warfare, and the 109th used French 75mm howitzers, some of which still stand in front of its Armory in Kingston, Pennsylvania. ; Vol. 990; 356 pages.
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