Field service pocket book, 1914 / General Staff, War Office.

Date:
[1914]
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Credit: Field service pocket book, 1914 / General Staff, War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chess, a plank (orining a portion ol the llooring of a hriige. Col. a depression between two adjac(‘nt liills; a hr. ak in a ridgo: ti e neck of laiid connecting an outlying feature witli tlie main range. Column. Bodies ot troops formed one in rear of another. Command (.Mil Eng) Vertical height of the crest of a work above tiie naturai surface of the ground. COMMANDER. All offlccr Vested with tlie command of a detachment, unit, or formation of fighting or administrative troops. Contour, a contour is the represenUtion on a map of au imaginary lino running along the surface of the ground at the same height above mean sea level throughout its length. CoNiTtmuTiON. .A levy made on a town or comumuity (see Sec. 47 and r.s.iv., Part It, Sec. do). Cossack Post, .a “ group ” in outpost mounted troops (see Croup). COUNTERSCAUI*. The side of the diU-ii of a work farthest from the parapet. Crest (.Mii. Eng.). The intiTsection of the interior and superior sioDes of a parapet. Crest (Ioi>o.). 'Ihe edge of the top of a hiil or mountain; the position at which a gentle slope changes to an abrupt one. CuiH-iUEK. .A support for a bridge formed of layers of baulks of wood laid alternately at right angles to each other. Dead (iround, (iroimd which cannot bo covered by fire. Defile, .a portion of the route which troops can only traverse on a narrow trout, e.'j., a mountain pass, a bridge, an embankment. Derrick, .a single, spar held by four guys, ns.'d for lifting or moving weights. Distance. 'I'he space between nn-n or Imdies of (rooi>,s from front to rear. DlVTSION.AI. COLEK^INO STATION. A place «here slightly wouiidcd men who are able to walk are collectial. Dre.ssin(i Station, a place ivliere wounded are collected and attended by the personnel of a Held ambulance. Echelon a formation of successive and parallel units facing in tlie siimo direction, each on a flank, aiul to the rear of, the unit in front of it. Emhiiasuiie. a cliaimel through the parapet of a work through which a gun is fired. ^'''^action^’ give cover to a guu aud deUchmciit iu Escarf. 'J'he side of a ditch nearest tlie parapet. Eascine. .V long bundle ot brushwood u.sed for revetting, roadmaking, Ac. Field A rm v 'That portion of the forces in the field not allotted to fort resses coast acifuct's or garrisons. Field Depot a small temporary depot of supplies in tlie immediate vicinity of tlie field units. ■' I'lELi) Units. .Mobile units of the field army allotted to divi.sions, cavalry diMsIons, brigades, army troops, or L. of C. defence troops. llGHi'iNO iROOPS. Infantry, cavalry, .artillery (including ammunition columns). Hying corps and engineer Held units. 'The lieaduiiarters of commanders of flghting troops are fighting units. iiieli sweeps troops or defences from Fire, Diukct Laying. M’lieu tlie gun is laid liy looking over or tlirough the sights at tlie target. Fire, Frontal. Fire, tlie line of wliicli is perpendicular to tlie front of the target. Fire, High Angle. Fire from all guns aud liowilaers at all angles of eleva- tion exceeding 25®. Fire, Indirect Laying. When the gun is laid for direction on an aimiug point or oil aiming posts and elevation adjusted by sight clliionieter.