Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dupont, Lieutenant Andre Morize, and Lieutenant Jean Giraudoux--took the regiment in hand and began the instruction in French open order formations and tactics of defense and attack. There was begun the valuable series of lectures which extended through the course, treating in turn such various important phases of modern warfare as the grenade, the automatic rifle, the machine gun, field fortifications, trench routine, principles of infantry in modern combat, and the role of the high command...
...time to artillery drill. Although here they will be unable to directly continue work in that branch of the service which they intend eventually to follow, they will receive the infantry training which is essential for an artillery man, and they will also have the benefit of the more modern artillery instruction of Captain Dupont...
...country for war will be more speedily accomplished. We cannot enjoy all our accustomed luxuries and comforts during the war, because there simply is not enough labor to produce them, and at the same time equip large armies with the huge quantities of military supplies required in modern warfare...
...first of a number of lectures on the use and operation of modern artillery in the present war, Captain Dupont, of the French Mission, addressed the University Reserve Officers' Training Corps last evening at the regular lecture period. Captain Dupont, who speaks excellent English, delivered his address himself, devoting the time to an introductory description of the various types of shells and to a discussion of their respective values under different conditions. By tables and diagrams he pointed out the penetrating power of high explosive shells of the several calibres, explaining its variation according to the weight of the projectile...
...number of veterans of the Civil War and Spanish-American War have expressed their interest in such an opportunity of seeing an actual portrayal of the modern war-methods or their former departments...