Sniping In France 1914-18: With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts,Observers,and Snipers (Helion Library of the Great War) - Softcover

Hesketh-Prichard DSO MC, Major H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906033498 ISBN 13: 9781906033491

Publisher: Helion and Company, 2009

Synopsis

Offers an account of how the snipers of the Great War British army trained and fought, and measures taken against their German counterparts. The author covers the genesis of sniping in the army, his early days instructing XI Corps, including much on the curriculum and work at that unit's School of Scouting, Observation and Sniping.

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About the Author:

Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC, FRGS, FZS (17 November 1876 - 14 June 1922) was an explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War. Concerned not only with improving the quality of marksmanship, the measures he introduced to counter the threat of German snipers were credited by a contemporary with saving the lives of over 3,500 Allied soldiers. During his lifetime, he also explored territory never seen before by white man, played cricket at first-class level, including on overseas tours, wrote short stories and novels (one of which was turned into a Douglas Fairbanks film) and was a successful newspaper correspondent and travel writer. His many activities brought him into the highest social and professional circles. Like other turn of the century hunters such as Teddy Roosevelt, he was an active campaigner for animal welfare and succeeded in seeing legal measures introduced for their protection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Helion and Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906033498
• ISBN 13: 9781906033491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144