Category: History - Warfare
General Remarks on Night Operations 16 Definitions 16 Importance of Careful Preparation 17 Plan of Operations 20 The Framing of Orders for Night Operations 21 Protection during Operations 22 Maintenance of Connection 24 Rifle Fire in Night Attacks 25 Caution necessary in plann...
The instruction of officers and selected non-commissioned officers and men in the art of reconnaissance for night operations must be carefully carried out, and the following met...
9. CHAPTER V.The selection and training of Scouts for work in the dark cannot be too seriously undertaken, since the success or failure of a night operation depends in a great measure on the...
7. CHAPTER III.A night march is a movement along roads, or well defined tracks, in normal march formations, undertaken for the purpose of transferring troops under cover of darkness to some de...
6. CHAPTER II.The first thing to be done is to accustom the soldier to darkness, to teach him to overcome the nervousness which is natural to him, and to train his powers of vision and hearin...
5. CHAPTER I.Although in recent years there has been a marked increase in the practice of night operations, yet I doubt if the majority of officers have realized that the changing conditions...
3. CHAPTER IV.Training a Company for Offensive Action 29 Instruction in Reconnaissance 29 Night Marches 30 Night Advances and Night Attacks 32 Guiding Troops across Country at Night 37 The As...
4. CHAPTER V.Miscellaneous 50 Training and Employment of Scouts 50 Searchlights in Attack and in Defence 53 Flares, etc. 54 Hand Grenades 55 Luminous Discs 56 Pocket Electric Lamps 56 Connec...
2. CHAPTER III.General Remarks on Night Operations 16 Definitions 16 Importance of Careful Preparation 17 Plan of Operations 20 The Framing of Orders for Night Operations 21 Protection during...
1. CHAPTER II.