Manual of military engineering . «« g- Wef1tr«i6f«h«m, Lf ^onTo fblZo^ plate59. CHAPTER XV.—CAMPING ARRANGEMENTS. 69 Mess tins can be arranged similarly, but in their case not Mess tins,more than eight should be used together. 178. The simplest form of a field oven consists of a hearth Fieldsunk below the ground surface, with, an arch formed by a hurdle o^^^ sheet iron {see ?1. 60). The two gable ends are formedwith sods. The whole of the interior of the oven is wellplastered with cowdung and clay. The hurdle, well plastered on the outside with cowdung and clay so as to leave an
Manual of military engineering . «« g- Wef1tr«i6f«h«m, Lf ^onTo fblZo^ plate59. CHAPTER XV.—CAMPING ARRANGEMENTS. 69 Mess tins can be arranged similarly, but in their case not Mess tins,more than eight should be used together. 178. The simplest form of a field oven consists of a hearth Fieldsunk below the ground surface, with, an arch formed by a hurdle o^^^ sheet iron {see ?1. 60). The two gable ends are formedwith sods. The whole of the interior of the oven is wellplastered with cowdung and clay. The hurdle, well plastered on the outside with cowdung and clay so as to leave an archwhen it burns away, is covered with earth from the excava-tion. The entrance to the oven is closed either by a hurdleplastered with ^]ay or simply by sods. This oven is specially suitable for making bread, and willbake for about 150 men at a time. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show an oven with a flue underneath aniron hearth. The oven is first heated by lighting a fire insideit, and this is afterwards raked out and pushed into t
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