Just looking at my father's manual: Defence Forces Regulations. Tactical Drill. Published 1926, price 1/9 Net. Signed into force by Peadar O hAodha, Minister for Defence. 21 April 1926. Interesting read.
In the section on the Platoon in Attack, The Assault (p.65, section 102), point (4), we learn that "The Assault will be but rarely delivered on the front." We are open to foreign views: "An eminent German Tactical Authority expresses it this way:-- 'The idea must be got rid of, or combatted, that as soon as the artillary shall have extended their range of fire forward the assailant rises up and throws himself forward in long lines. A single machine-gun would stop the lot...'"
In section 181(Battalion Commander's role in the Approach March) are pointed out various methods that may be employed as precautions against aerial observation by aircraft and captive balloons:
".... Mist is also useful."
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