Sniping In France

Author : H. Hesketh-Prichard
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France: With notes on the scientific training of scouts, observers, and snipers written by H. Hesketh-Prichard and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sniping in France: With notes on the scientific training of scouts, observers, and snipers" by H. Hesketh-Prichard. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473359449
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France, with Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers written by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Hesketh-Prichard was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Sniping in France, with Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers' is a manual on the art of warfare. Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was born on 17th November 1876 in Jhansi, India. Hesketh-Prichard's first published work was 'Tammer's Duel' in 1896, which he sold to Pall Mall Magazine for a guinea. He often wrote with his mother under the pseudonyms "H. Heron" and "E. Heron", and together they created a popular psychic detective series around a character named "Flaxman Low".

Author : H. HESKETH-PRICHARD
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033194867
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Author : H. Hesketh-Prichard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266285700
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France written by H. Hesketh-Prichard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sniping in France: With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers I may be permitted to add my testimony that in each phase of the war, not only in the trenches, but in the field, we found the value of the trained sniper, observer and scout. This book is not only a record of a successful system of training, valuable as such to us soldiers, but also will be found to be full of interest to the general reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Hesketh Vernon Prichard
Publisher : Ancient Wisdom Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781957990927
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France written by Hesketh Vernon Prichard and published by Ancient Wisdom Publications. This book was released on 2024-02-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Hesketh Vernon Prichard, later Hesketh-Prichard DSO MC FRGS FZS was an India-born British explorer, adventurer, writer, big-game hunter, marksman, and cricketer who contributed 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. Hesketh-Prichard eventually gained official support for his campaign, and in August 1915, he was given permission to proceed with formalized sniper training. By November of that year, his reputation was such that he was in high demand from many units. In December, he was ordered, on General Allenby's request, to the Third Army School of Instruction and was made a general staff officer with the rank of captain. On January 1, 1916, he was mentioned in dispatches. His friend George Gray, himself a champion shooter, told him that he had reduced sniping casualties from five a week per battalion to forty-four in three months in sixty battalions; by his reckoning, this meant that Hesketh-Prichard had saved over 3,500 lives. He was promoted to major in November 1916. By this time in the war, his contributions to sniping had been such that the former German superiority in the practice had now been reversed.

Author : H. Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783461802
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France written by H. Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in years, this is a new edition of the classic account by the adventurer and big game hunter who developed and ran the British Army sniping programme in the First World War. When the war started in 1914, Germany's edge in the sniping duel on the Western Front cost thousands of British casualties. Sniping in France explains the methods Hesketh-Prichard used to reverse the situation and help win the sniping war. A glossary of terms and a photograph of the author have been added.

Author : H. Hesketh-Prichard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436649391
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France: With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers (1920) written by H. Hesketh-Prichard and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783460849
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in the Great War written by Martin Pegler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A military history analyzing the evolution of sniper warfare during WWI by the firearms expert and author of Eastern Front Sniper. From the sharpshooters of the American Civil War to Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, military snipers are legendary for their marksmanship and effectiveness in battle. The specialized role of the sniper developed among the ranks of the British Army over the course of World War I. As Martin Pegler shows in this wide-ranging study, the technique of sniping adapted rapidly to the conditions of static warfare that prevailed through much of the conflict. Pegler’s account follows the development of sniping from the early battles of 1914, through the trench fighting and the attritional offensives of the middle years, to the renewed open warfare of 1918. Focusing on the British and German sniping war on the western front, Pegler also looks at how snipers operated at Gallipoli, Salonika, and on the Eastern Front. He also covers sniper training, fieldcraft, and counter-sniping measures in detail. Sniping in the Great War includes a full reference section detailing the sniping rifles of the period and assessing their effectiveness in combat. Also featured are vivid memoirs and eyewitness accounts that offer insight into the lethal skill of Great War snipers and their deadly trade.

Author : Hesketh Vernon Hesketh Prichard
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781296575069
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France, with Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers written by Hesketh Vernon Hesketh Prichard and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : H. Hesketh-Prichard
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507767429
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sniping in France written by H. Hesketh-Prichard and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a memoir of sorts relayed by a French sniper who fought in World War I. From the foreword: "In the early days of 1915, in command of the 2nd Division, I well remember the ever-increasing activity of the German sniper and the annoyance of our officers and men in the trenches. I can recall the acquisition by the Guards' Brigade, then in the Brickfields of Cuinchy with Lord Cavan as Brigadier, of two rifles fitted with telescopic sights and the good use made of them. It was the experience of 1915 that impressed upon us the necessity of fighting for superiority in all branches of trench warfare, amongst which sniping held an important position. It was therefore a great satisfaction to me upon my arrival from the battlefields of the Somme in the autumn of 1916 to find Major Hesketh-Prichard's School firmly established in the First Army area, thanks in a great measure to the support and encouragement of Lieut.-General Sir Richard Haking, the Commander of the Eleventh Corps. From that time onwards, owing chiefly to the energy, enthusiasm, tact and personality of its Commandant, the influence of the Sniping, Observation and Scouting School spread rapidly throughout the British Forces in France. Of its ups and downs, of its troubles and its successes, and of its ultimate triumph, Major Hesketh-Prichard tells the tale with modesty typical of the man. I may be permitted to add my testimony that in each phase of the war, not only in the trenches, but in the field, we found the value of the trained sniper, observer and scout. This book is not only a record of a successful system of training, valuable as such to us soldiers, but also will be found to be full of interest to the general reader."