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This 1911 manual on transporting troops by rail was reprinted with amendments after the outbreak of war in 1914. War by rail timetable - when vast numbers of men were moved by rail - was a vital part of the opening weeks of the war. The manual covers the general duties of railway transport personnel; the entraining and detraining of troops; the movement of stock supplies and animals; ambulance trains; armoured trains; the capacity of rolling stock and co-operation with and supervision of civilian railway personnel. It provides a very detailed picture of the organisation of railway traffic in wartime.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Humanities History Military history

• Full title: Railway Manual (War) 1914
• Author: War Office
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68
• EAN: 9781847349408
• ISBN: 9781847349408
• ID: 06526174
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press Ltd
• Weight: 84 g
• Dimensions: 187 × 126 × 1 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. July 2009

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