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CAPPER, T 2/4/8
Title
Letter from Col Edward Fanshawe, 1912, on the deployment of infantry on the battlefield
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- 1912 Aug 22 (Creation)
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4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Thompson Capper from Col Edward Arthur Fanshawe, replying to 2/4/7, concerning the difficulties faced by infantry formed into columns when under artillery fire, and mainly agreeing with Capper's argument that an irregular front is more effective on open ground. 4pp.
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