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ACTION COMMAND OP A SIEGE DIVISION. 
(2.) A plan of the country showing clearly the positions of his 
batteries, his own and all other observing stations in his 
command and as much detail of the enemy’s works and 
position as can be obtained. 
(3.) Means of communication with his B.C.’s and his own 
observers. 
(4.) Means of indicating to B.C.’s the results of his observations 
and his orders thereon. 
Position of The Lieut.-Colonel’s fighting-post, therefore, should be, if possible, 
post * in some central position in advance of the batteries of his Division and 
from which a good view can be obtained. 
L ^coionei’s (l,) It will no t do for him to have to rely on any of the battery 
observers for information, their attention and their in¬ 
struments must be fixed on the target which their battery 
is, for the time being, attacking. He must, therefore, 
have observers of his own whose movements he can com¬ 
pletely control and to whom he can issue instructions 
without interfering with the fire of any battery. These 
observers should be placed close to his own fighting-post; 
in fact, one of the instruments should be located at his 
post, so that he can himself use it if he wishes to, the other 
may be placed in any convenient situation. 
(2.) No doubt in a siege, plans or maps of the country, as far as 
they were obtainable, would be furnished to C.O.’s, but 
these would probably not be on a sufficiently large scale 
or have sufficient detail to be of real practical value to 
the Lieut.-Colonel. It would be necessary for him to 
obtain what he required either by detailing his Adjutant 
or some other officer in the Division who was good at 
military sketching to make the required sketch, which 
should be on a large scale, at least 1 2" to a mile, but some 
such scale as 100 yards to one inch is preferable. The 
selection of all observing stations in his command would 
be one of the duties of the Lieut.-Colonel and this would 
be carried out as soon as the side to be attacked had been 
chosen and as far as the battery observing stations went, 
in consultation probably with the B.C.’s. There would, 
therefore, be ample time to complete such a sketch as was 
required before it was necessary to open fire. Such a 
sketch must show as accurately as possible the exact 
positions of all observing stations, the Lieut.-Colonel’s 
fighting-post and the position of the different batteries, 
magazines, etc. As far as the enemy’s position was con¬ 
cerned, details regarding this could be filled in to scale 
from the maps provided. The observing stations should 
be numbered according to their batteries thus : R.O. (1), 
L.O. (3), or the letters A and B might be used for 
Plan or map 
of country. 
Details to be 
shown on 
plan. 
