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...over our heads, and the regular answer of the German sheels, seeking out the English batteries, whining past us and then exploding with a loud report, throwing high into the air great columns of earth and smoke. Further and further we made our way up towards the front line trenches; finally at a point under almost constant shellfire we found a little Y. M. C. A. dugout. It was very filthy and small, with almost no accommodations; and yet here we found a secretary unflinchingly sticking by his post, in spite of the fact that in this dugout twice during...
...mento has called away attention from the present British advance beyond Ypres. This receives no very prominent place in the news; yet it may be of enormous consequence. In the first place, here is further proof that the English have conclusively solved the problem of how to win in trench warfare. The lack of emphasis in the papers only shows that such a drive is more and more a matter of course. Furthermore, unlike other offensives, this is prominent for the ground gained. Communications with Zeebrugee and Ostend are seriously threatened. The fact that these submarine bases are endangered means...
...demonstration will terminate by the companies debouching in assaulting waves from the first line trench...
...regiment will be formed as for review in line of masses, the right of the first battalion resting on or near the out line trench in front of the field fortifications, the line facing toward the drive way along the shore of the pond...
Captain Amann of the French Military Mission lectured to members of the advanced course last night on the subject of trench organization and the principles of flanking fire as developed during the last three and a half years. The value of machine guns and automatic rifles placed in salients, with the intervening stretches of the trench only very lightly manned, was pointed out and explained in detail. Such a system of defense although requiring fewer men in the first line trench is by far the most effective, Captain Amann asserted...