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EMPLOYMENT OF 1 GROUND SCOUTS, 1 COMBAT 
PATROLS, & ORDERLIES OF ARTILLERY. 
... COMPILED EEOM 
(a) “ Eussian Artillery Journal.” 
( b ) “ Eevue d’Artillerie.” 
(c) “ Taschenbach fur die Feld Artillerie.” 
( d ) And Notes on ditto by Captain Wernigk. 
BY 
MAJOR E. A. LAMBART, R.A. 
Introductory Note. 
In connection with the subjects of this paper I would draw the atten¬ 
tion of officers to the remarks and suggestions on the same points in 
the Prize Essays of this year.— E.A.L. 
COMBAT PATROLS ( i( Zielaufklarer"). 
The Regulations of the German Field Artillery of 1889 lay stress in 
several places on the necessity of reconnoitring for artillery,, but prin¬ 
cipally with reference to operations at a distance from the enemy's 
position. The Regulations of 1892, a development of the former, enjoin 
on the Brigade-division Commander to supplement his own reconnais¬ 
sance by endeavouring to obtain information of the distribution of the 
enemy's batteries. The instructions as regards the choice of the target 
are, however, rather curtailed :— 
“ Every artillery position should be reconnoitred from the point of 
view of the importance of the target. 
In this connection f combat patrols' may often be usefully employed. 
The Brigade-division Commander himself must always be in touch with 
the fire-action, in order at the right time to concentrate or distribute 
the fire of his batteries. 
Auxiliary observers and scouts, with whom should be associated as 
many connecting orderlies as possible, may render useful service by 
giving information where the projectiles are falling and their effect on 
the enemy." (German Regulations). Captain Wernigk's work points 
out how the very compressed German Regulations should be under¬ 
stood. 
1 1 have used the English terms, though, as will be seen, the duties do not exactly correspond. 
— JE.A L. 
12 , yol. XXI. 
