British Army Manual of Field Engineering (1914)
 
Covering many aspects of field engineering works, including trench systems, in the run up to the Great War. This manual covers what the British Army was trained to do for trench works and emplacements in that important period. It includes machine gun fortifications as well as other artillery positions and the more routine engineering requirements of an army, such as bridging and water supplies.
 
This manual first appeared just as the British Army was facing the German invaders in France and Flanders, and laid the groundwork for the subsequent entrenchments which ran from the Channel coast southwards in which the troops lived for nearly for years. It covers, with ample illustrations, hasty and deliberate entrenchment, shelters and cover trenches, concealment, communications and obstruction. The diagrams are plentiful and completely clear and it is a recommended text. 
 
Hard Cover
161 Pages + 64 Plates
In Good condition