. How armies fight. nthem for firing through, have been hung up to screen thedefenders from the enemys view ; and the glass has allbeen removed. The floors have been covered with wetearth, to lessen the chances of a conflagration, and pilesof it for throwing on the flames have been placed in thecorners. Casks or buckets of water are also put in eachroom, some for this purpose and some for drinking. The hedge around the Angels garden has been cut downand tied with wire to some strong sticks driven firmlyinto the ground. More wire is then entangled throughthe branches, and the result is a very d
. How armies fight. nthem for firing through, have been hung up to screen thedefenders from the enemys view ; and the glass has allbeen removed. The floors have been covered with wetearth, to lessen the chances of a conflagration, and pilesof it for throwing on the flames have been placed in thecorners. Casks or buckets of water are also put in eachroom, some for this purpose and some for drinking. The hedge around the Angels garden has been cut downand tied with wire to some strong sticks driven firmlyinto the ground. More wire is then entangled throughthe branches, and the result is a very difficult obstacle forthe enemy to get through. It will not stop them alto-gether, but it will delay them long enough for the Guards-men in the inn and trenches to pour a murderous fire onthem at point-blank range. Continuing our walk, we find D Company of the Cold-streams in a deep hollow road, which they have preparedas shown in Fig. 15. They have cut steps in the side of I So HO IV THE GUARDS FORTIFY the cutting nearest the enemy, so that they can stand andfire over the edge of the bank. A field of tall, thick grassin front of the road has been trampleddown by a dozen men forming a line andwalking to and fro, as it would preventthe defenders from seeingthe enemy. A narrow belt,How d company of //>?b^Si /rrT7777 just thin enough for the Coldstreams prepares /^Jflk /{/ the front edge of a sunken road ^S^K the Guardsmen to See for defence. A loophole is made for each mans head out of bags through, has been left filled with earth. These bags are about 20 inches long ° by 10 inches wide by 5 inches thick. Two bags (a, a) standing to Conceal are laid on their flat sides across the top of two bags ® (fr, b) placed on their long edges a little distance apart, f^Q Sand-bag loODholeS so that the man can fire between them as shown. J h tr which have been madealong the front of the improvised trench. There areseventy of these loopholes, which are built to protectthe h
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