Instruction on the Offensive Action of Large Units in Battle

Subtile: "Translated from the French edition of 31st October, 1917 at Headquartes, American Expeditionary Forces". Also on the front cover "Not to be taken into the Front Line Trenches. Issued to include Regimental Commanders". Part I: Purpose and Conditions of an Offensive Action. Chapter I: Purpose - General Conditions. Chater II: Conditions for the Use and Distribution of Forces and Means (Large Units - Infantry). Chapter III: Special Conditions for the Employment of the Artillery. Chapter IV: Special Conditions for the Employment of the Aeronautic Service. Part II: The Preparation. Chaper V: Plans. Chapter VI: Works - Reconaissances - Destructions. Chapter VII: Bringing up the Infantry. Chapter VIII: - The Attack. Chapter IX: Development of the Success. Supplement I: Sketches and Tables to be used in Connection with the Plans for the Employment of Artillery. Supplement II: Information about Artillery Fire. Please note these are copies of important historical documents that have been extensively cleaned up by the publisher. While every effort has been made to make these books accessible they sometimes reflect the nature of the age of the originals including the typefaces, print quality and occassional marginalia. These are not poor quality OCR documents with missing pages or tracts illegible text.