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214 MANUALAFOR1 COMMA DERS OF.~ Z TIN'FANTRS'~iY PSLATOON.r.C'S1.<br />

eitlmhr dlefliaded or at a dilstatnce. Th.~eexterior. oplening must: be<br />

concealed by some? suchl device! as a piece <strong>of</strong> closely woven-wfire<br />

screening stretched over thle ou~tsidte op~ening <strong>of</strong> the loophole.<br />

which afllows obne to see! thrnough and also does not; imp~ede the~<br />

parssage <strong>of</strong> thle riflze bazrre vcb\!en tho- soldicsiL ·wishes: to fire. It<br />

is imlpor~tant that-l the opcoiau' ~Iitll rnot- hav~e behind it: the skyi<br />

or other backlgrounld whlih,~ (~onti ists wcith the color~<strong>of</strong>: thle<br />

Inter/c, e/~ i ipPev E TPisn<br />

Looho/<br />

Sp~esbi 5?vE~k~~~<br />

'III!<br />

~Yp'eAA to qy~<br />

PIe. 103 Sa-~ndbagloopholes.<br />

ground.. W~~iththis inl vievv~ loopuol0es are esta~blished whlic'h do9<br />

not jut out from the paropc~t; or th-e parados mayS be r~ ised<br />

ab~ove the\ parapet; or~ clothl muxtl be stret~ched~ beh~ind~ the head<br />

<strong>of</strong> t~he firer, as showrin in ?'u eilii 195. W~hen loopholes are made·,<br />

thecirl p~rop-er orientation i: on3e <strong>of</strong>l the prlincipanl care~s o~f the<br />

platoon lend'er in the · trench~es It isa necessary to verify t~he dlirect<br />

teion <strong>of</strong> their fire, one at, a t~ime, Hi order to b~ecertain that ~the

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