In the words of Napoleon Bonaparte, ‘an army marches on its stomach’. Drawn from original sources published by the War Office before, during and after the First World War, this book gives an intriguing insight into life in the trenches and the rations and meals that the average Tommy subsisted upon, such as Maconochie stew, pea soup, brown stew and meat pie, and detailing many of the standard practices for military cookery during the First World War.

The British Army Cook Book 1914

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

The War Office

Cooking Education & Reference

Amberley Publishing

An absorbing facsimile manual showing how to cook in the field from official books supplied by the War Office and the Red Cross during the First World War. Why did trench tea taste of vegetables? What were iron rations’? Why was Maconochie’ the most despised food on the front? The old adage that an army marches on its stomach’ was never more true than on the Western Front during the First World War. Literally millions of hungry soldiers had to be fed and watered in trenches and behind the lines in France and Belgium and beyond. An army of cooks working in field kitchens relied on their training and official manuals published by the War Office and the Red Cross. This book reproduces pages direct from these rare artifacts with an authoritative introduction.

The Trench Cook Book 1917: Western Front Recipes from Bully Beef Pie to Trench Tea

Concealment in the Field 1957

Andrews UK

1887 was an important year with the "German Army Bill" and much sabre rattling in Europe, Prince Bismarck stating in his speech on the Army Bill "We have done everything to induce the French to forgive and forget...... We are bound to maintain peace for this quarter of the globe, but for this a strong army is required".&#65279;A facsimile that includes the supplement for the German Infantry for 1887. Musketry exercises were intended to give the infantry instruction in shooting, to make effective use of their firearm in battle. As such the manual shows important details designed to make the infantry soldier battle-ready by the end of his first year of service. Instruction is subdivided into Preparatory exercises;Target practice; Field firing; Instructional firing; Inspection in musketry; Proving the rifle M/61.84 and revolver M/83.

The Musketry Instructions for the German Infantry 1887: (Schiessvorshrift fur die Infanterie) Translated for the intelligence Division War Office

History

Bowdler Bell, C W

Military

Naval & Military Press

Covered in this corrected to January 1920 SECRET handbook are Bombs, Cartridges, Flares, Grenades, Rockets, Signals etc. With 73 clear technical line drawing plates, this is a very good official guide to signalling ordnance, much of which was in service during the Great War.

Handbook of Firework and Signalling Stores in Use by Land, Naval and Air Services 1920

&#65279;An important official publication covering all aspects of subterranean warfare with much practical detail for the guidance of mining companies of the Great War. Contents: Subterranean Warfare. Shafts and Galleries. Countermines. Ventilation and Lighting of Galleries. Charges and Effects of Mines. Preparing Mines for Firing. Firing Powder Charges without Electricity. Firing Charges by Electricity. Boring and blasting. Explosives. Demolitions with Gunpowder. Demolitions with Guncotton. Demolition of Railways. Demolitions of Telegraph Lines.

Military Engineering Mining and Demolitions (General Staff, 1915)

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Part 65 The Gordon Highlanders

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