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Title: How armies fight
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Gruggisberg, Frederick Gordon (Sir) Gillmore, Parker
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Military art and science
Publisher: London T. Nelson
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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fiad any placementioned in this chapter.) ON the morning of the 17th of July, the firstrays of the rising sun fall on the British armyoccupying an intrenched position, and awaitingthe attack of the Germans. You have probably often heard or read of an in-trenched position, and perhaps you know what is meantby the expression. However, as no two positions areexactly alike, and as you will understand better theaccount which follows of the great four days battlebetween the German and British armies, I am going todescribe the way in which General French has placedhis soldiers, and how he has made them dig trenchesto shelter themselves from the enemys bullets; in otherwords, how he has taken up an intrenched position. Before doing this, I must give you a general idea ofhow an army is arranged for fighting when it is going To J3russels A 9 miles To Wa terloo ) mile. /To La Hulpe. jXTo Lex. Hu-lpe- Railway StcUtorv 3 rrUUs. To La Halpe. I Railway \stcUlb~n: LCLWOTV \ 3/* miles \ 1 \ Limal \ 1
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To Quxjutre. Bras y1 mile, anxl NamzLrZO miles THE BRITISH POSITION. 159 to defend a place. The system usually adopted is todivide it into three bodies, which are called the firingline, the local reserves, and the general reserve. For example, see Fig. 11, in which five battalions andseveral batteries form the firing line, three battalions andtwo cavalry regiments the three local reserves, and fourbattalions the general reserve. Qene.rcxZ Q^ T^eser-ere y *■* «*. jm ■*» ^ * ->. ^ «* / THE ENEMY^S ATEACK/A/& THE DEFENDERS (a.7-LcZ SoJ-ter-ies ■ i the ^7terru/. -. J3ctttaZtorts\ Jircng &-£ L. 0\C A U /=t ET S £7/^ l/7£~ S * g£ a £ GEA/ETFIAL^1^^ STESErtVE- Fig. 11.—How Armies are arranged when Fighting.The attackers (black) are advancing from the top against the defenders (shaded). The firing line is placed where the general expects theenemy to attack him. The men are usually put in sheltertrenches, or they defend villages and woods. The local reserves are abou

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