Manual of military engineering . hey are unsatisfactory for defence theymust generally be occupied, rather than be left to the conceal the disposition and strength of their garrisons,and afford a shelter from the weather, but they take up a largenumber of men who are necessarily scattered. A village should be divided up into well defined sections,each held by a tactical unit. Each section might have twolines of defence. There will be a general reserve for thewhole under the commander of the village, to reinforce a hardpressed section, make local counter attacks, and furnish thegarri
Manual of military engineering . hey are unsatisfactory for defence theymust generally be occupied, rather than be left to the conceal the disposition and strength of their garrisons,and afford a shelter from the weather, but they take up a largenumber of men who are necessarily scattered. A village should be divided up into well defined sections,each held by a tactical unit. Each section might have twolines of defence. There will be a general reserve for thewhole under the commander of the village, to reinforce a hardpressed section, make local counter attacks, and furnish thegarrison of the central keep of the village, if any. 118. The arrangements of the defence might therefore be asfollows :— (1) Clearing field of fire. (2) Making communications. (3) Providing or improving cover for first line along hedges, garden walls, &c., loopholing walls of housesas a second line. (4) Placing obstacles. This would be partly done at the same time as (1).i(5) Preparing keeps. I Plcite ^74. Cove^ for* Oiztposte. Fia 3
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