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 RUSSIA Advanced positions, 413 Ammunition, how carried by soldier, 476 Ammunition supply, 475 Regulations in re, 480 Assault, 381 Battalion, formations of the, 69, 73 Column of platoons (plate), 62 Company, strength of (table), 35 Defensive position, views on, 422 Fire, kinds of, 160 Frontage, 242 Front and facing distance, 48 Infantry Combat, 466 Tactics in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of, 340 Versus cavalry, 315 Intrenching tool equipment of Russian companies, 38 Load carried by soldier, 40 Machine guns, 290 Pace, length and number per minute, 54 Ranges, ascertaining, 143 Rushes, 91 Sandbag cover, results of experiments, 390 Skirmish line, formation of, 80 Supply of ammunition, 475, 480 Use of general reserve, 397 Spade in attack, 392

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"S" BULLET Effect on corpses, 130 Materials, 131 Steel shields, 324

SAND BAGS, 344, 390 Results of Russian experiments, 390

SCHWARZLOSE MACHINE GUN, 260

SCOUTING DETACHMENTS, 27, 28, 414 Use of, in reconnaissance, 252

SEARCHING FIRE Artillery, 321 Machine guns, 263

SECONDARY ATTACK, 357

SECTIONS Assignment of combat, 243 Defensive position, division into combat, 411 Division of the platoon into, 46

SECTION COLUMN, machine gun battery, 273, 274

SHARPSHOOTER PLATOONS, 21

SHELL Comparison between that of field gun and howitzer, 117 Percussion (Model 96), 115