manual for commanders of infantry platoons. - US Army Combined ...

MgANUALdFpOR C~OMMANDERSJ~~swINF~i~~i'ANaTRY OF PL~ATONS.~ 181:
WhJlen t~he assistanut pe~r~ceives thie entra~,nce of a~ k~iteral trench
i~e mak~es a signal ~tothe thnrowers. (4r~nadles are thrown into it,
andic it is thlen reconnoit~eere in order to avoid surprises;. If
groundi is not to be aalined in thle n~ew direction, a bar~rier of
sandbags is constructde faLr enough froml th~e main trench to Ibe
c:ut of the range of grenades~ aznd a:1gnuard placee.l upon it. A
squadl is- F~pecially detailcil to fill sandcbatgs so t~ha~t barr1iers canl
l~e put ill) wCithoult delay.
It is a1goodl plnn to makre use of r·ifle grenadess or trenchl mortais~
of low~ :poi~~er to- block the enemy's~ supplyS of grenales.
Enemny
f3S-feiiHeap ofeand bagf
part bkbwn UP
A~szstants &g$renachiec.;s
If the eneml3y gazias a mlomlent~ar~y superior~ity, his advance
shonid be contested step by step until th-e sunerier~ity can
be wr~estedl froml him.? F;or this purlpose thie a~umtber of sandbazg
barr~iers should be m1UltiplleGl to r~etar(1 his progress,
the trench shzould b~t ob~structedl by hleaps of sandlbags, or` should
be blown up so as to compnel the enemy to show htim~self in the
op~en before our rifles. (Piig. 161.)
The enemry may be drawLlnto a point w7~her~ewJe are able to get
into action a greater number of grenadiiers -than he possesses.
The cries of wounded men- may be simulaltedl to drlaw the enelny
under rifle fir~ and surprise him.