Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916), credited to Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916) by Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins. Read in English by David Wales "It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and have rarely been beyond the range of street lamps. Such men, when first taken out in the dark, are helpless; they start at every shadow, stumble even on level ground, make a terrible amount of noise, and are generally in such a state of nervous excitement that they are hardly responsible for their actions. Yet these same men, by a short course of careful, individual instruction, can be trained to work together with confidence on the darkest night, and when once they have gained confidence their further instruction is comparatively easy." ( Book Chapter 1)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)
• Author credits: Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:05:33

Catalogue topics

• World War I
• infantry
• Great War
• british soldier
• night warfare

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 The Importance of Careful Training; Chapter 2 Elementary Instruction — 15:01
2. 02 - Chapter 3 General Remarks — 13:10
3. 03 - Chapter 4 Training A Company For Offensive Action, Training For Defensive Action — 21:57
4. 04 - Chapter 5 Miscellaneous — 15:25

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