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Tactics and Duties
for
Trench Fighting
By
Georges Bertrand
Capitaine, Chasseurs Alpins, de l’Armée de France
and
Oscar N. Solbert
Major, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
With Diagrams
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1918
Copyright, 1918
BY
OSCAR N. SOLBERT
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
FOREWORD
It must be borne in mind that this bookdeals with principles and examples of methodsof warfare, and not fixed rules. There are nofixed methods in warfare. Development inwarfare means change of methods or theinvention of new ones to overcome militarydifficulties. However, one must have knowledgeof past and present methods to be readyfor the next logical step of development.
vHeadquarters, Fort Sheridan Training Camp, Ill.,
October 26, 1917.
From: Major O. N. Solbert, C. of E.
To the Adjutant General, U. S. Army, through official channels.
Subject: Publication of Lectures.
I. Request authority to publish in pamphletform lectures given at this camp onTrench Fighting.
Major, C. of E.
vi1st Indorsement
Office of the Senior Instructor, Fort Sheridan Training Camp, Illinois, October 26, 1917.
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