Handbook of the French Army 1914 Author:British General Staff This is the British General Staff's intelligence manual on the French Army at the beginning of World War I. It covers conditions of service and recruiting, organization of the army and numbers available, organization of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, aeronautical branch, machine guns, trains, supply, colonial units and police forces. D... more »etails of uniforms, insignia and the Navy are also covered.« less