Terrain ExercisesWaldron, William H. (William Henry)
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Terrain Exercises
Waldron, William H. (William Henry)
Tactics
The Director will read aloud the order he has prepared and the members
of the class compare their work with it.
The Order
“There is no further information of the enemy. You know the location
of the machine guns in this area; the location of the 37 mm. gun and
light mortar of the Howitzer company and the location of adjoining
groups.
“Our section will organize and hold this area.
“The 1st squad will prepare the two fire trenches we have traced in
the right of the area. Sergeant F, you will superintend the task.
“The 2nd squad will prepare the two fire trenches we have traced in
the left of the area. Sergeant G, you will superintend the task.
“The 3rd squad will furnish the outguards along the line ——. I will
give Corporal B detailed instructions later.
“When the fire trenches have been completed work will be started on
the parallel that we have traced.
“Work will begin as soon as we get the section up and pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible tonight.
“Section C. P. at ——.”
Explanation
_The Director_: “The section leader will return to the company and get
the section ready to come to the front. He will go himself rather than
send one of the guides. There may be some new orders or instructions
from the company or platoon commander, and he will want to get them
first hand. He will want to be sure that the section is supplied with
the intrenching tools that are necessary for the rapid prosecution of
the mark.
“The section guides will each mark the cutting lines for the section of
trench that he is responsible for and those of the communication
parallel. They will have everything in readiness to start work as soon
as the men get up to the position.
“We have gone into considerable detail in the solution of the problem,
but I am sure every member of the class now realizes the necessity for
it and how simple the final solution is. When we started out with the
problem I am sure you all felt like we were entering upon a hopeless
task but when you finally get down to the last analysis of it and find
that the pressing problem is the digging of four short sections of
trench capable of sheltering four men each and getting started on the
communication parallel you realize that it is not such a big proposition
after all.
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