Percin, Général (Alexandre). - L'Arbitrage aux manoeuvres de Picardie en 1910. Avec 1 carte et 6 croquis hors texte.

Paris, Charles Lavauzelle, (1911). 1st Edition. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 149. Includes 16 Appendices. Plus 6 folding battle plans bound at end. Plus very large folding lithographic (wall) map loosely inserted at rear pocket. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary cloth and marbled boards, original printed wrappers laid-down, old shelf tickets to spine, old military institutional stamps to title. In a very good condition, fine maps, the large one practically unopened and unused. ~ FIRST EDITION. Undated but 1911 (OCLC WorldCat), published just a short year after the manoeuvres took place. Rare. Only 3 institutional holdings are located, two of which are in the Netherlands, one at BnF. A blueprint for the use of artillery in WW1. The recently set French doctrine could now be tested in the Picardy manoeuvres of 1910. Two army corps took part, each of five brigades and a cavalry division. The army corps had a new 30-battery artillery establishment. As a side dish, the manoeuvres offered the first large-scale opportunity for pilots to practise alongside ground troops, with 13 aeroplanes (plus four dirigibles) taking part. Percin's book was translated into English by US General Staff as "The artillery at the Picardy Manoeuvres in 1910". General Alexandre Percin (1846-1928). H-6 OUT .

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