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  2. A Diagrammatic Explanation of Field Fortifications

    The trenches on the battlefield to-day (writes the military correspondent of the Manches or "Guardian.") serve precisely the same purpose as did armor in the days when mailed knights ...

    Article : 363 words
  3. SANDBAG LOOPHOLE.

    (a) Bank of earth. (b) Sandbags. (c) Sticks and brushwood. (d) Sandbags with Loopholes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 139 words
  4. THE RECESSED TRENCH.

    This is a sketch of a recessed fire trench. It is usual to provide overhead cover with brushwood covered thickly with earth, turf or other suitable materials. Head cover is very necessary because [?]lading fire is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  5. COMMON TYPE OF FIRE TRENCH.

    (a) Biscuit tin oiled with earth (b) Narrow elbow rest for firing (c) Protection against hock fire. This is another and more common type of shelter ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  6. TRENCH WITH BOMBPROOF SHELTER.

    (a) Loophole for rifle fire. (b) Bomb-proof shelter for men resting. This trench is on a larger seale and gives greater protection to the men occupying it. The large "dug-out." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  7. DIFFERENT KINDS OF GUN FIRE

    (a) Sprapnel shell fired from field-gun time fuse (b) Sharpnel shell fired from howilzer, with time fuse (c) Lyddite shell fired from howilzer percussion ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 280 words
  8. TRAVERSED SHELTER TRENCH

    shaded parts represent shelters. Black parts represent the traverses. This is a sketch of what is technically known as a "traversed" trench, with communication passage. To ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 262 words
  9. TRENCH MADE ON BANK OF SUNKEN ROAD.

    (a) Overhead cover of brushwood. (b) Loophole for rifle fire. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
  10. SHELTER TRENCH WITH SANDBAGS

    (a) Second communication trench (b) Shelter receses out under parapet entrance and arranged between sandbags. (c) Sacks arranged to give cover from lack blast ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  11. Marvels of Organisation of British Transport Service

    It is parctically impossible for an Australian who has not had the benefit of a trio to the Old Country to realise just what has been the magnitude of the feat of transhipping the ...

    Article : 1,332 words
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