Advanced Guard & Outpost Duties for Riflemen 1889

Advanced Guard and Outpost Duties for Riflemen by Colonel L. V. Swaine and Captain Willoughby Verner of the Rifle Brigade. Originally published by W. H. Allen & Co, Pal Mall, London 1889. This facsimile edition published and printed in 1989 by Imperial Press, Doncaster, UK.

50 page A5 paperback booklet with maps. Contents are divided as follows:

CHAPTER I

Advanced Guards, Flank and Rear Guards

CHAPTER II

Outposts

PART I            General Distribution and Duties

PART II           Duties of Sentries , Detached and Examining Posts etc.

CHAPTER III

Reconnaissance

PART I            Reconnaissance Duties

PART II           Rough Sketch with the Aid of a Magnetic Compass

PART III          Rough Sketch with the Aid of a Range Finder

CHAPTER IV

Patrols

PART I            General Duties of Patrols

PART II           Reconnoitering on the March

PART III          Reconnoitering from Outposts

CHAPTER V

A Rough Sketch on Outpost Duty

The cover has suffered some minor scuffing and marks, and some minor corrosion to the staples.  However, all internal content is clean  and legible.