Field Artillery Manual, Τόμος 2George Banta Publishing Company, 1926 |
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Σελίδα 69 - He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, "Ha, Ha!" And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Σελίδα 69 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha...
Σελίδα 8 - WPD, is charged, in general, with those duties of the War Department General Staff which relate to the formulation of plans for the use in the theater of war of the military forces, separately or in conjunction with the naval forces, in the national defense.
Σελίδα 217 - ... best facilitates running the guns up to the crest should direct laying be called for. If 'the position is discovered by the enemy, however, and the crest is plainly seen by him, the guns are in a very vulnerable position, as shrapnel may be employed to search such a reverse slope very effectively. The most advantageous position, from the point of view of concealment alone, is one...
Σελίδα 107 - ... screened and cleaned of weed seeds and other foreign materials by the most improved, commercial processes. When used alone the term " oil meal " shall be understood to designate linseed meal as defined.
Σελίδα 212 - ... the rate of march. Additional instructions may be transmitted from time to time by markers, who should be left at places where uncertainty as to the route may arise or where difficulties are to be avoided. As soon as the position and the best method of approaching it have been determined upon agents or scouts may be sent to meet battalions or batteries and guide them by the most favorable routes to their respective positions.
Σελίδα 167 - ... merge into the background formed by the higher ground in its rear, and hence escape detection, while, as a matter of fact, there may be a broad valley or depression between the two crests. Shots observed against the near side of the intermediate crest are short and easily sensed, but shots which pass over the intermediate crest and burst low or on graze in the valley between the two and are lost, may be thought to have cleared the farther crest and erroneously sensed as over. Such deceptions...