Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE TRAINING

OF AN

INFANTRY COMPANY.

=CATECHISM ON FIELD TRAINING=

(=INFANTRY=).

A series of Questions and Answers on all subjects of field training, extracted from the latest official TRAINING MANUALS, together with miscellaneous information, practical exercises and examples progressively arranged.

_Revised and brought up to date by_

=COL. H. O’DONNELL, p.s.c.=
(WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT).
_SIXTH EDITION._

CONTENTS.

Elementary—General Principles of Attack and Defence—Miscellaneous Tactical Operations—Warfare in uncivilised Countries—Protection on the Line of March—Protection when at Rest—Methods of obtaining Information—Quarters, Camps, and Bivouacs—Field Engineering—Diary of Training.

_Fully illustrated with 30 pages of Plates and Diagrams._

=One of the numerous Press Opinions.=

“The book is most comprehensive, for every branch of the soldier’s
life is touched upon, and every situation or emergency seems to be
anticipated. Colonel O’Donnell’s publication is quite a military
encyclopædia.”—_Empress_, Calcutta.

=PRICE 3/- NET.=

_From the Printers and Publishers_,
GALE & POLDEN LTD.,
WELLINGTON WORKS, ALDERSHOT,
And at London and Portsmouth.

= _The_ TRAINING=

OF AN

=INFANTRY COMPANY=

_By_

Major E. KIRKPATRICK, I.A.

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2ND EDITION.

_London_: GALE & POLDEN, LTD.,

2, AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

Nelson House, PORTSMOUTH &
Wellington Works, ALDERSHOT.
Obtainable from all Booksellers.

_TWO SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE_ (_Net_)

(_Copyright under Act of 1911._)

ALDERSHOT:

PRINTED BY GALE & POLDEN, LTD.,
WELLINGTON WORKS.

1914