Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 44370-h.htm or 44370-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44370/44370-h/44370-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44370/44370-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/handywarguidefor00hang Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). HANDY WAR GUIDE FOR MY COMPANY Handy Company Commander's Guide Written at the front by CAPTAIN HANGUILLART of the French Army Translated and edited by Louis J. A. Mercier, A.M. First Lieutenant, Harvard R. O. T. C. Interpreter with British Expeditionary Force on the French Front 1914-17. "_DASH UNDER DISCIPLINE_" Copyright, 1918 by R. D. Cortina Company. The Cortina Academy of Languages New York 1918 TABLE. Preface 5 Part I. Trench Life and Trench Warfare Taking over the Trenches 11 Care and Improvement of the Trenches 14 The Watch from the Trenches 17 Patrolling 22 Interrogating Prisoners 25 Devices to draw the Enemy's Fire 28 An Attack, the Repulse 32 The Counter-Attack 34 Precautions against Enemy's Artillery 36 Use of Trench Artillery 37 Field Artillery Cooperation 39 Daily Schedule 41 Turning over the Trenches 43 Out of the Trenches 44 Topical Questions on Part I 46 Part II. French Infantry Combat Principles.