Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Linking for Victory

Just a quick post in order to link to Peter Knight's excellent Great War history website, The Old Contemptibles. Of especial interest to me was the tremendous trove of nearly three dozen manuals and pamphlets produced by the British Army that he has made available online as photobooks. These include the 1914 Infantry Training instructions, Instructions on Wiring, Instructions for the Training of Platoons (SS143 1917), Notes on Tactical Schemes, Training and Employment of Bombers, Tactical Employment of Lewis Guns, Platoon Training (SS143 1918) and many, many more. It's well worth a visit just for these, and they are only the tip of the iceberg; he's got lots of lovely material there besides.

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