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  Interval between general reserve and defensive line, 430
  Intrenching, time essential for, 416
  Intrenchments, purpose of, 416, 417
  Italy, 453
  Japan, 465
  Long range fire, use of, 150
  Machine guns, 295, 425
  Masks, 421
  Number of men required in temporary, 233
  Observation of the foreground, 420
  Obstacles, construction of, 421
  Occupation of the position, 426
  Offensive,
    Assumption of the, 428
    —defensive, 408
    Necessity of assuming the, 409
  Passive, 409
  Position,
    Advanced, 413
    Determining factors in selecting a, 414
    Division of the, into sections, 411
    Fortifying the, 415
    Framework of the, 414
    Requirements of a, 410
  Purely passive, 408
  Range finding instruments, employment of, 146
  Refusing a flank, 425
  Reserve, strength of, 395
  Russia, 422
  Section reserves, 411
  Sections, division of the position into, 411
  Seeking a decision, 233, 234, 409, 450, 467
  Splinter proofs, 418, 419, 420
  Superiority of fire, 427
  Supports, 410
  Switzerland, 467
  Temporary,
    Frontage in, 233
    Number of men required in, 233
    Occupation of a position, 408
  Terrain, character of, required by, 254
  Time for opening fire, in (general rules), 155
  Traverses, 417
  Trenches (dimensions), 418, 420
  Troops required to occupy the position, 410, 411
  Weak points, strengthening of, 412

DEFENSE SEEKING A DECISION, 409
  Austria, 450
  Frontage, 233, 234
  Number of men required, 234
  Switzerland, 467

DELAYING ACTION, 445
  Compared with holding attack, 445
  Distribution in depth in, 232
  Frontage in, 232

DEMOLITION TOOLS, 39