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Page 51
... Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and on the outbreak of war accompanied it to France, where it was eventually killed by a shell on the Aisne. For many years previously I had been studying this subject, and as the result of my convictions had ...
... Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and on the outbreak of war accompanied it to France, where it was eventually killed by a shell on the Aisne. For many years previously I had been studying this subject, and as the result of my convictions had ...
Page 53
... battalions rushed. One was an Airedale and the other a cross-bred sheep dog. It was in Germany that I found much the most organized service of both military and police dogs. Between the years 1900 and 1914 I paid several visits to their ...
... battalions rushed. One was an Airedale and the other a cross-bred sheep dog. It was in Germany that I found much the most organized service of both military and police dogs. Between the years 1900 and 1914 I paid several visits to their ...
Page 58
... battalions whose commanding officers expressed a wish to have dispatch dogs. This system was carried on for several months, but while the utility of the dogs was clearly proved, it was found that there was not enough supervision over ...
... battalions whose commanding officers expressed a wish to have dispatch dogs. This system was carried on for several months, but while the utility of the dogs was clearly proved, it was found that there was not enough supervision over ...
Page 59
... battalions in the brigade, and were led up to the front line. The keeper remained at brigade headquarters, watching for the dogs' return, and ready to deliver the messages they brought to the officer commanding. Very careful regulations ...
... battalions in the brigade, and were led up to the front line. The keeper remained at brigade headquarters, watching for the dogs' return, and ready to deliver the messages they brought to the officer commanding. Very careful regulations ...
Page 63
... battalions in the attack were to be provided with messenger clogs. This seemed to set a seal on the work. The long uphill struggle, the open sneers, the active obstruction, the grudging assistance, all was forgotten, in the knowledge ...
... battalions in the attack were to be provided with messenger clogs. This seemed to set a seal on the work. The long uphill struggle, the open sneers, the active obstruction, the grudging assistance, all was forgotten, in the knowledge ...
Contents
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MESSENGER Docs IN THE FIELD | 82 |
THE HomNG INSTINCT | 163 |
VILGUARD Does | 183 |
SENTRY Docs | 214 |
Docs WITH FOREIGN ARMIBS | 234 |
XLCONCLUSION | 284 |
Other editions - View all
British War Dogs: Their Training and Psychology (Classic Reprint) Edwin Hautonville Richardson No preview available - 2015 |
British War Dogs: Their Training and Psychology (Classic Reprint) Edwin Hautonville Richardson No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
Airedale animals Army arrived assistance attack bark battalion Battn bitch breeds Brigade brought carried collar collie commanding Corps dacoits definite difficult direction distance Dog School dog service dog’s draught dogs duty enemy fact fidelity field fierce find fine fire firing first first place five flocks France French front line German give ground guard dogs Headquarters hounds important instinct instruction intelligence interest Irish terriers journey keeper Kemmel Hill kilos large numbers Lurcher master Messenger Dog Sections method miles military dogs Nieppe night number of dogs observed obtained Office officer official oflicer Paddy patrol police police dogs Protection Coy qutrs regiment released rifle runner Sansia savage scent Section Kennel sector sense sent sentry dogs sheep dog shell-fire Shoeburyness sufficient taken terrier three dogs tion trained dogs troops VERWOOD veterinary Villers Bretonneux Welsh terriers Western Front wire Ypres