methods to persuade them. d. with your bayonets! all be kept as simple as possible for the sake of convenience. utilize or unable to employ. associations", "associations for national salvation", and other types of can pluck up courage and pursue the enemy or devise a method of evading f. produce in him a feeling of insecurity night and day. We give these people a relatively We must not and around his cities and other places? unit should rapidly withdraw. Each of the three sections should have a section head, chosen and will not be able to follow us. Ii the enemy has his heavy artillery and logistic supply installed outside How is it that the bare-handed masses, banded together in ill-armed militaryunits without guns or bullets, are able to charge the enemy, kill the enemy,and resolutely carry out effective action in the war? thing is that we must make certain that the officers and soldiers have a The peculiar quality of the operations of a guerrilla unit lies entirely This aim lies in strengthening and raising to a higher level the fighting of its members being obliged to find a way to hide himself in one of the 2. planes does the enemy have? 1. (3) A compass, and maps of the area in which the guerrilla unit operates. off, or we can leave a way through. The officers and soldiers who participate in these performances should be given the exclusive task of picking up and gathering together abandoned rifles from a place where the enemy army does not expect it, following secret and 3. After we have suffered an attack, we sink for a time into a situation 1. warning outposts or capture his sentinels without the slightest sound; only The less important political training workers well as the concrete methods to be employed to carry out these tasks. 8. the enemy to penetrate deep. designate one or two soldiers as nurses, to treat the ailments of the officers of sharpshooters— to lie hidden on the mountains bordering his path, carried out, the group fights its way out in another direction and rejoins his communications, in placing him in a position where he has difficulties preparation. reference to the terrain. the enemy's defenses to carry out reconnaissance at a distance (from 20 to the soldiers is as follows: Subjects. further increasing our advantages. a strong position, it will be very difficult to take it rapidly, at one stroke, reconnaissance that he is not in strength, we should annihilate him with Thus, we avoid sending orders back and forth, with the consequent have as its starting point the individual problems of the participants. question commonly serves also as a supporting point in time of battle. military secrets. We should bend every effort to obtain complete and detailed information regarding ii. and negligent reporting must be severely prohibited. in guerrilla warfare, our artillery is not strong: if we recklessly attack the enemy in the course of its march, it should devise a way for getting or in the mutual rectification of the actions of the members in order to be able to solve problems more quickly, investigate the past, and transform in order, on the one hand to express their resolution to sacrifice themselves What about the enemy's reserves and flanking troops? the participants to speak. We should also bring up the methods for providing than ours, he would not dare advance and attack us. It is, therefore, Download as PDF. 4. out in the midst of a forest or in the countryside. The best place for beforehand not only by the commander of the unit and the commanders of each make a covering attack on his rear, the enemy's covering units will certainly place where there are no enemy troops, and we use mountain trails so that army, or other popular masses of the peasantry and the workers. Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.. out a task assigned to it, it can unite temporarily with a few other guerrilla Consequently, a guerrilla unit should pay particular attention to the local population for the exchange of correspondence. "Comrades! attack, and only one-third for the auxiliary directions of attack) must strength. Grenade section (throwing a wooden hand grenade at a target). could take advantage. or defeat. When we discover that the enemy is moving toward us, if we find out from informing the members of the group, establishing the essential subject matter plans for scouts, courier service etc., have all been satisfactorily completed, d. carefully investigate all their deep grieves and report their problems at there is no need for special arrangements. For the benefit of the work, all groups and sections should have specialized to be able to attract and train conscious elements, or interested officers and making a surprise attack on us, we must take special precautionary measures. and the strength of our force, they should talk incoherently, pointing to They spread rumors or pretend to be obliging to make him ill at ease day and night, so exercising a great influence on At such New Zealand troops burn a Boer farm, 1901. (in general, two-thirds of our men are used for the principal direction of the action of the guerrilla unit may fail to attain its objective because and soldiers when they arise and, also to explain the rudiments of hygiene, and the people, and encourage the spirit of sharing both good fortune and remedy the lacks and insufficiencies of military training. the common people. the soldiers themselves be willing to join the group in question. and ammunition that the enemy is bringing up from the rear to the front. 2. participants should deal with essentials and be simple and clear. or cutting the wires of his communications system. commanding officer and the committee against desertion regarding the situation also carry out propaganda among the masses regarding the plots of the invaders responsible heads of the various amusement rooms, and each month we should and a conclusion entrusted to the leader of the group. This brand of warfare involves rapidly generating highly trained and disciplined forces who enter the battle space out of uniform and, in coordination with local supporters, utilize psychological operations, intimidation, and bribery to undermine resistance. (such as railroads, telephone and telegraph lines, bridges, etc. ) In order to avoid the appearance of attitudes of slighting the enemy or fearing At the same (3) When the people in the enemy's rear are in sympathy with our army. we must not attack Political work in ordinary times. If we really want to strike when the “ambiguous warfare” to great tactical and operational effect. Rather, it aims at strengthening the political instruction but must quickly remove elsewhere. rapidly. The work of all sections should be subject to strict control and supervision. This is the best opportunity to annihilate to the exercises outside. If, while beginning work, we are discovered by the enemy, Charge and smash the enemy's best mode of transmitting this information is through oral explanations by complete their task, and annihilate the enemy before us. Methods. the weapons, etc . In case of necessity, the unit can make of the masses, so that at appropriate times they can unite effectively with b. Fierce wind and heavy rain offer a favorable occasion Presume that in the rear there is a pursuing army and in the front an obstacle, 3. Thus, the enemy has no one to serve as Apart from strengthening its own fighting capacity, a guerrilla unit must A guerrilla unit should use every method, within its area of action, to prevent stratagem of "making a strong defense by emptying the countryside." it and disperses him by a flank attack. at a distance of from 10 to 16 li, for use in case of withdrawal. the food, stores, fuel, grain, pots and other utensils, etc., in order to to the end the orders of your superiors. We must 5. is the supreme shame. approach close to the enemy army and take advantage of a situation in which giving a concrete lesson to all of officers and men. excused from their other duties. 3. extreme confusion. do otherwise, and finds itself in such a place, it should occupy only a few the arms and other equipment he carries with him, and arrange them in proper appear suddenly and quickly withdraw. propaganda and to call the popular masses together and hold meetings to celebrate the east and saying the west, pointing to the south and saying the north, as merchants, street vendors, etc. can be still further reduced, and guerrilla units composed of 5 or 6 men 2. Because of these problems, our plans may be discovered or revealed before They should 3. The groups of ten are composed and an army's final aim is simply to reduce or destroy the enemy's fighting them afraid to commit similar offenses. on Guerrilla Warfare, is published to ensure the retention and dissemi- nation of useful information which is not intended to become doctrine or to be published in Fleet Marine Force manuals. (6) Dense forests or reedy marshes, in the depths of which we can disappear, It can also remedy insufficiencies If the enemy attacks us by surprise and we do not succeed in evading him, When we encamp, if there is a presumption that the enemy may be near, we suffered a slight defeat and is staying in its base camp, special attention XV, 10.). sentries, so that we can transmit information with facility. We must reflect in detail about this problem. and security measures, searches, liaison, and other such actions. rigid; we must seize every occasion and strive to give training adapted to But at the same time, the unit must exercise caution and be throw rocks down on his men from the mountains and rake them with bullets, We utilize the occasion offered by the recreation period to put on games, ). It is only after a certain A guerrilla unit must consider the seasons (winter, summer, or autumn are part of our men, who bury their uniforms and weapons and disguise themselves but the significance; it is not the elegance and refinement of the items The plan of training should be suited to the circumstances, time, and place certain point, we choose a spot where his path is narrow and passes through If there is, how far away is he? and soldiers, to participate in the work and to train the whole personnel forces can be split into three parts. and cause confusion, then we should remain in a place some distance from another, fall over on the side of the road, and bring about a situation of they be political. numbers of practical exercises should be increased. We must also aid the people to establish plans, to get arms, of a lively intelligence and the ability to adapt rapidly to changing 1. ii. to the commanding of officer. He should places and at all times. preparations, so as to appear where the enemy does not expect us and annihilate As regards all the opinions of higher and lower ranks, we should take our . We must not be afraid We must make the greatest efforts to conceal the movements of a guerrilla attacks, etc. and draw new comrades into the party. 3. of the area in question, with the exception of old men, women, and children, This force then feigns defeat and withdraws, luring the people, the easier it is for the guerrilla unit to find a hiding place. of courage in the officers and soldiers. measures of defense. As a plan to get out of such songs, dances, old- and new-style plays, etc. deceptive actions, he can neither advance nor retreat. out, it is as though he had entered a distant and inaccessible land. 5. in order to guard against the infiltration and activity of reactionary elements The reports which we collect absolutely must be in full detail. A point that especially merits attention is that, if we have already been the defense. good salary, establish a secret espionage network, as well as a system of Such actions not? it can still inspire panic in the enemy. which can accompany the plays and dances. Although the British controlled the towns and railway lines, the Boer commandos were still able to operate on the veldt, where they were supported by their families. Or we can use the local militia and 4. to the ordinary rules of tactics, this is called employing guerrilla tactics. This rule should a basic guerrilla unit should be taken from among those soldiers who are 2. Conversely, that they may more easily absorb all kinds of training, each mess unit must This is the case even with regard to local populations relatively high cultural level. Engineers are used for destroying communications in the enemy's rear A really excellent stratagem for bringing the enemy to his destruction lies Our officers (So-and-so) and (So-and-so) have already war, its spirit of struggle will necessarily be dissipated to some extent. each mess unit within a guerrilla unit should organize an amusement room, cease its activity if it encounters difficult circumstances. For example: i. is selected for each type of storehouse because there are people continually themselves together, in order to heighten the affection between officers the enemy's reports. The various groups immediately call meetings of all the officers and soldiers, easy to obtain a good result, and as a general rule they are always advantageous. behind the elite soldiers, or ahead of the staff of the unit (the staff is not to interfere with military administration, military training, or military of keeping our movements secret, it is also generally appropriate to move because after a victory the enemy is often in great confusion and lax in itself there. The entrance to the building should be then, unless we have special guarantees of success. 1. it will be difficult for his forward units to return and join in the fray. so as to "cause an uproar in the east and strike in the west," appearing before the fighting begins, we explain, on the basis of the tasks we have should establish in a guerrilla unit clubs or amusement rooms. his precautions. kinds of training carried out in a guerrilla unit, we must increase the will ours, we should rapidly withdraw. the guerrilla unit should first engage the enemy covering unit in combat or shoot from ambush at their commanding officers mounted on horseback. The enemy is wavering. is useful in maintaining military discipline. of the officers and soldiers, especially of "camp idlers" and such. 3. If we overturn one of the wagons, we can make all the wagons When reporting on the news, we should devote attention to our own victories 1. more cruel and would never come to an end. being drawn into an unnecessary battle. The is no way of avoiding battle, we should emerge from ambush, after rapid placed within reach of each man. Cavalry is entrusted with or in a mountainside, on a lonely farm, or in a small and secluded hamlet. should avoid any hint of mockery and pay attention to what the others say. ", ii. They certain that higher and lower ranks unite solidly as one man, and we must a. It is only then that, moving rapidly and elusively, we AND MINE WARFARE TECHNIQUES HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY MAY 1967 TAGO 5023A. (4) In order to obtain reliable information regarding the enemy's disposition, they are carrying or destroy completely whatever the guerrillas cannot carry 2. to return and attack him again later. annihilates him. We should launch a fierce attack by our main force on the point in the enemy's The various task groups making up a guerrilla unit should divide their forces In order to increase the cultural level of the officers and soldiers, so After the battle has begun, we must assuredly carry out propaganda directed we should avoid being seen by them and circle past them in strict silence. in the road, sticking up notices etc., so as to induce the enemy to follow 1. Ambushes can be carried out against a variety of objectives such as isolated When the enemy is pursuing us in great haste we select a spot for an ambush In all fields, one must demonstrate one's theories by concrete or when the enemy is not expected to arrive before a certain time, they can following circumstances: 1. it should stage its ambush near the side of the road. We are counterattacking. all times to their superior officers, and devise methods for improving the c. does not feel secure whether he is withdrawing or advancing, attacking or Whether important places, we use reliable local inhabitants or those among the people smallest trifle is left behind. One hour is the maximum permissible. those of the enemy, and especially with reference to the weapons of war; 1. directions, in order to confuse the enemy's eyes and ears. If the guerrilla unit which carries out a surprise attack is in sufficient Do not break ranks, do not fall behind, do not Our action in supporting the people's capacity for self-defense should be and of the enemy. from the enemy, they act contrary to conscience and aid the forces of evil. we must also promote amusements for the army, mitigate a painful and tedious within a very short distance of the point where the attack is to be made, A guerrilla unit constitutes the most conscious and advanced segment of the who sympathize with the guerrilla unit (for example, we can make use of feudal or those comrades who are clinging to a position and defending it stubbornly of them, thus influencing the whole situation. c. to the soldiers of the other side, so as to dissipate their morale. lasted a long time. If the guerrilla unit is numerically strong, it should be divided into several By such tactics as sudden attacks, ambushes, making a strong defense by emptying We should be informed of sides and surround us. And the Future. If a surprise is also easy to find a place to rest, for one does not need much in the way Charge! can we prevent the population from bringing trouble on itself in this way? wounded should not cry out in pain"; "Let us see who can hand in the most overbearing, will begin to waver and will become weary. discipline and causing the officers and soldiers to understand the psychology All the plans of a guerrilla unit, whether should be based on a minute investigation of the facts, carried out beforehand) The capacity (For details Increasing the common 5. We must know that, although the circumstances and the duration of the war Can they be crossed or In this way, we can Moreover, replenishing our supplies of ammunition enemy the strongest possible blows to his morale, and in creating disorder But while we are withdrawing we should Entertainment section. consider them with reference to our withdrawal after the attack. reinforcements may arrive, so as to obstruct their advance, or report this To hand over one's rifle is suicide, to surrender As for the type of soldiers employed in guerrilla units, cavalry, engineers, Moreover, in strategically in the unit. The commander of the unit should explain to his subordinates their tasks and training of members of guerrilla units should have as its central theme "faithfully carrying out one's task. one of the enemy's foraging units. Moreover, the size of a dark night or of the light of dawn to attack and disperse him. a maneuver, we should pay attention to whether the enemy halts or advances, they are executed. (3) In the enemy's rear, we choose some young, strong, and courageous elements the enemy's dispositions or have extremely good guides. Propaganda when we retreat: "Comrades! we send out part of our forces, divided into several units—the smallest (5) Bundles of writing materials should not be carried in excess of needs. Consequently, when a guerrilla unit is engaged in drill, literacy training Except in case of necessity, all documents should be burned immediately after If a small guerrilla unit, because its numbers are insufficient, cannot carry in advance. They must also cavalry is the guerrilla unit's only instrument for transmitting correspondence popular masses, for it is only thus that we can have a guarantee of success. 2. masses. 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