. The warfare of to-day. Fort Vaux, near Verdun, east of the Meuse, April 17, 1916. Fort Vaux, during a bombardmentDEFENCE OF A POSITION THE DEFENCE OF A POSITION As soon as the enemys attacking wave leavesthe trench, the observers give the alarm. Thebarrage is then laid down before it, while a vio-lent fire is directed upon the departure trench andthe trenches behind, where the attacking troopsare assembled. If tanks precede the infantry, they should betaken immediately under a direct artillery this purpose certain counter-batteries shouldbe especially designated to fire on them, for
. The warfare of to-day. Fort Vaux, near Verdun, east of the Meuse, April 17, 1916. Fort Vaux, during a bombardmentDEFENCE OF A POSITION THE DEFENCE OF A POSITION As soon as the enemys attacking wave leavesthe trench, the observers give the alarm. Thebarrage is then laid down before it, while a vio-lent fire is directed upon the departure trench andthe trenches behind, where the attacking troopsare assembled. If tanks precede the infantry, they should betaken immediately under a direct artillery this purpose certain counter-batteries shouldbe especially designated to fire on them, for tanksare a real mobile artillery which it is necessaryto destroy, the moving barrage being replacedby the pieces themselves. There are, moreover,other means of interfering with the advance ofthe tanks. For instance, it is possible to preparelarge and carefully concealed ditches at the pointswhere the monsters are likely to pass. Thisprocedure, which is nothing but a developmentof the traps set for wild beasts, makes the tankstumble over in such a way that the infantrycannot pos
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