The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS Cloth 1/- net each Post free 1/3 each HOW THE WAR BEGAN By W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D., and J. M. KENNEDY THE FLEETS AT WAR By ARCHIBALD HURD THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN By GEORGE HOOPER THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE By J. M. KENNEDY IN THE FIRING LINE Battle Stories told by British Soldiers at the Front. By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD By STEPHEN CRANE Author of “The Red Badge of Courage.” BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT The glorious story of their Battle Honours. THE RED CROSS IN WAR By M. F. BILLINGTON FORTY YEARS AFTER The Story of the Franco-German War. By H. C. BAILEY. With an Introduction by W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D. A SCRAP OF PAPER The Inner History of German Diplomacy. By E. J. DILLON HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR A companion volume to “How the War Began,” telling how the world faced Armageddon and how the British Army answered the call to arms. By J. M. KENNEDY AIR-CRAFT IN WAR By ERIC STUART BRUCE HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM By EDMUND DANE FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS By REGINALD HODDER THE RETREAT TO PARIS By ROGER INGPEN THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE By MARR MURRAY THE SUBMARINE IN WAR By C. W. DOMVILLE-FIFE MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR By HORACE WYATT THE SLAV NATIONS MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR BY HORACE WYATT ADVISOR ON HEAVY MOTORS TO “THE AUTOCAR”; CONSULTING EDITOR OF “MOTOR TRACTION”; HON. SEC. OF THE IMPERIAL MOTOR TRANSPORT COUNCIL, ETC. _ILLUSTRATED_ HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXIV CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 7 CHAPTER I. THE SCOPE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE 11 II. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MILITARY MOTOR 26 III. TRIALS AND MANOEUVRES 41 IV. EXPERIENCES OF MOTORS IN ACTIVE SERVICE 59 V. MOTOR AMBULANCE WORK 77 VI. THE TRANSPORT OF AMMUNITION AND ARTILLERY 94 VII. ARMOURED CARS AND OTHER MILITARY MOTORS 102 VIII. THE PROVISION OF MILITARY MOTOR TRANSPORT 117 IX. A COMPARISON OF NATIONAL CONDITIONS 132 X. BRITISH SUBSIDY TYPE MOTORS 148 XI. TRANSPORT MOTORS OF CONTINENTAL ARMIES 166 XII. EMERGENCY MEASURES ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR 182 INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR OF “THE AUTOCAR”