John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 139
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Salvoes
In which all the guns are fired together by order
of the Battery Commander, are used in rare cases, as to
distinguish the rounds from those of another battery
Searching
This means firing at a number of elevations in
succession so as to cover a certain depth of ground
Thus if reconnoitring patrol report that the enemy's reserves
have been seen moving towards the ground behind a ridge,
and if they have not come out again, they must still be there
and it may be desirable to search the ground, therefore
four rounds Battery Fire range increasing by 100 yards
at each round. Searching may be continued by repeating
the four elevations, or by working backwards and forwards
over the same ground. Or the two sections may fire simultaneously
at different elevations, each sweeping to cover
the full width of the target. Searching may also be employed
when although a long bracket can be found, the conditions
of observation render it impossible to divide it
When the ground is known to fall away behind a covering crest,
the corrector should be lengthened for the longer elevations, so
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- ID
- 17035 / 198378
- Contributor
- Mrs Jean Hanby
- Western Front
- Artillery
- Trench Life
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