Field Service Pocket Book 1914 (reprinted, With Amendments, 1916.)

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What every junior officer in the trenches would have carried. Fascinating and immensely detailed. 'The handbook details everyday military conduct in the field, and lays down the regulations and guidelines for marches, quarters, camp cooking, sanitation and water supply. There are chapters on orders and the means of communication, plus overseas operations, map reading and field sketching (the intelligence functions). Field engineering is dealt with too, along with tools and explosives, together with defensive systems, obstacles, and working parties. The minutiae of engineering is also laid bare, with knots, blocks and tackles, bridging and bridging expedients and demolitions laid down.' Condition: Used As New - Book is used but has no notable defects, cover and pages clean and undamaged no marks, creases or notes. Spine and binding undamaged.

7.99 GBP