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MANUALT~b FORt COMMAN~DEERS OF 1[iNFANTR1IYT PLATOONS.<br />

Remark?7;-From the preceding it is easy ·to deduce the met~hod<br />

<strong>of</strong> constructing an entanglemlent wvith any desired number <strong>of</strong><br />

rows <strong>of</strong> satkes.<br />

FiaIG56 I-mprovised3 trellis.<br />

Various uses <strong>of</strong> barbed wire or "Brun spiral." F~igur1es 56<br />

a~nd 60 show trellises or chevazux de frise thalt ma~zy be improvisedi<br />

from barbed wvise or wire! netting (the particularexamiple<br />

is called " Brun spiral ").<br />

Tkhe dimaensions give~n are var~iable.<br />

."'""...3 00....,..~.., ...<br />

VIa7. 57)'.-SXaxy-hor~se.<br />

Brimn spiral (invent;ed byr MI. Brun) .- Weight <strong>of</strong> a coil, 19<br />

lounds. T'o plarce it, stretch it out-to 30 yards to over·com~e its<br />

elasticityv, then let it contract to 20 yards. Fix it to the arround<br />

by mecans <strong>of</strong> la~rge staples (with eqlual branches) or hookis (un­<br />

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