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military equipment, powder, and provisions, and also for receiving
wounded and sick soldiers. More often, a separate secret location
in the vicinity of the hiding place is selected for each type of storehouse
because there are people continually going in and out of a
hiding place and it can very easily be discovered by the enemy.
4. The more individuals there are among the people who support
the guerrillas, so that the guerrilla unit can also maintain a communications
network among the people, the easier it is for the guerrilla
unit to find a hiding place. There are times when, in order to
evade the enemy’s pursuit and attack, and find a good place to hide,
a given guerrilla unit must be split up, each of its members being
obliged to find a way to hide himself in one of the houses of the
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local population. In such circumstances, the local population is the
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only hope of salvation of the members of the guerrilla unit.
3. THE QUESTION OF PROVISIONS
In places where the local population is hostile to the guerrillas,
there is no alternative to foraging backed by force, but one should
send reliable people from among the detachment, in order to guard
against pillaging. When the guerrilla unit does not fear discovery,
it can send out a special small unit to forage for food, to collect
contributions of food, or to demand food supplies from the local
authorities.
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4. CHANGING ONE’S HALTING PLACE
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The best method by which a guerrilla unit can maintain its own
security is through the agility of its action. In case of necessity, the
unit can make a habit of changing its halting place every night (if,
during the day, it has been in village A, at twilight it moves to village
B).
5. OCCUPYING A HALTING PLACE
When a guerrilla unit encamps, the arrangement of its forces
should be determined entirely by the nature of its action, but it should