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THE FIELD ARTILLERY JOURNAL Bombs proofs outside the emplacement should be provided for the men to occupy while not actually serving the guns. If material is available light overhead cover may be constructed over the gun emplacement to serve as concealment from aeroplanes and to keep out shrapnel bullets and shell fragments. The utility of light overhead cover as protection is very doubtful and heavy cover is generally not practicable. The preparation of some positions on the French-German lines has been going on for months so that it is to be expected that the protection of gun emplacements will be the result of days of labor and the adaptation of available means and material to the needs of the case. Observing stations, especially those in advanced trenches, must be carefully concealed and have protection for the personnel. It is astonishing what a distinctive object a scissors observing telescope is and to what a distance it can be seen. It should therefore be disguised by such means as fastening a small piece of brush to the top of the binoculars. If it is necessary to seek such careful concealment for the battery it is evident that a battery not concealed will at once become the target for one or more hostile batteries and unless favored by circumstances which will enable it to withdraw from the position, such a battery will be doomed to destruction. It follows that batteries will usually be in concealed positions unfavorable to the conduct of fire from a point near the emplacement, and that the usual thing will be advanced observing stations. First line trenches and wire entanglements will generally be visible from our own trenches. These will be the most usual first targets in an attack, since all hostile batteries are concealed and the artillery duel preceding an attack is no longer possible. The attack will begin by concentrated fire of the artillery on a section of the enemy's first line trench for the double purpose of inflicting loss on him and of destroying his entanglements to such an extent as will enable the infantry to find passages 48
CONCEALMENT AND PROTECTION FROM ARTILLERY FIRE through them. At a prearranged moment this artillery fire will be shifted to a new range, two or three hundred yards greater, as the infantry advances to the first line. If the assault succeeds artillery observers will move forward and may find in their new stations that they are able to locate hostile batteries, reserves, combat trains or other good targets. They will then need good lines of communication in order to take full advantage of their opportunities, and must be prepared to carry forward their telephones. It will rarely be possible to communicate to the rear by visual signals. Aeroplanes equipped with wireless may be able to help during this stage of the combat. It is evident that concealment has devolved upon the artillery a difficult duty, namely that of extending its communication system far to the front and using it under hard conditions. Wires must be protected by burying them or by stringing them up in trees or on light poles. Lines must be duplicated. Our present simple system of telephones, reel carts and buzzer wire needs to be greatly improved upon for trench warfare as a direct result of concealment. Trench warfare is due to the employment of immense armies, about evenly matched. The defensive has gained so much advantage that at the first lull both sides entrench and the game becomes a draw. It is only on the flanks that advantage can be gained by maneuver. If, as on the Western battle lines of Europe, both flanks are secured a deadlock ensues. But if either side is forced out of its trenches and pushed back vigorously without time to reëstablish its trench lines the character of the fighting will change. Elaborate protection will have to be abandoned and concealment will be sought by using the features of the terrain. Changes of position will be frequent and permanent lines of communication will not be practicable. The work of the artillery will then be more like that described in the drill regulations, which are based largely 49
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