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SS 584 Notes on the Ammunition for Q.F. 13–Pr., Q.F. 18–pr. Horse and Field Equipment. Ordnance College. 3rd Edition
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3415407

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SS 163 Hints on Reconnaissance for Mines and Land mines in the area evacuated by the Germans. (Compiled chiefly from Notes forwarded by the Inspector of Mines.) Issued by the General Staff. May, 1917.

SS 202 The Organization of Shell–hole defences. (Issued by the General Staff) December, 1917.

SS 108 Notes for C.R.E's [Commanders Royal Engineers] on Organisation of R.E. Work when holding a line. Issued by the General Staff at G.H.Q

SS 105 Notes on R.E. preparations for offensive operations. Issued by General Staff at G.H.Q. G.H.Q. March, 1916.

SS 104 Precis of Divisional R.E. instructions issued to a division about to take over a line. Issued by General Staff at G.H.Q. G.H.Q. March, 1916.

SS 112 Consolidation of Trenches, localities and craters after assault and capture, with a note on rapid wiring. General Staff, War Office. 1916.

SS 145 Notes on Engineer Work during Operations. (Revised Edition.) Issued by the General Staff. January, 1918

SS 220 Field Works for Pioneer Battalions. (Provisional). (Issued by the General Staff.) 1918.

SS 196 Diagrams of Field Defences. Issued by the General Staff. March, 1918.

SS 116 Notes on cover against shell fire (With Special Reference to 5.9–in. Shells). Issued by the General Staff. July, 1916.

SS 634 Manual of Position Warfare for all Arms. Part I. The Construction of Field Positions (Stellungsbau). Issued by the Prussian War Ministry. Berlin, 1916. Translated from the German and issued by the General Staff, May, 1917.

SS 177 Instructions on Wiring. Issued by the General Staff. August, 1917.

SS 208 Field works for Royal Artillery (Provisional) Issued by the General Staff. May, 1918.

CDS 1 Notes on Field Defences. Collated by the General Staff. 1914.

SS 145 Notes on R.E. Preparations for, and the employment of, the R.E, in Offensive Operations. Issued by the General Staff, General Headquarters. February, 1917.

SS 206 The Principles and Practice of Camouflage. (Issued by the General Staff.) March, 1918.


Plus several other engineering documents and several German publications

Bound together in Engineer Notes
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3407665

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SS 746 Manual of Position Warfare for All Arms. Part 9. The Signal Service and its employment. (also contains instructions for open warfare.) 15th December, 1917. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 7th September, 1918.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3415406
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Ration pamphlet : scales of rations, forage, fuel and light as authorised for the British Armies in France

This is not  an edition of SS 571 but has a similar scope. This copy is heavily annotated and amended.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3415405
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SS 420 Notes on German Shells. General Staff, General Headquarters, May, 1916.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3415403

Includes some additional documents bound in the back, including SS 634, SS 709 and an amendment to SS 163

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SS 397 Explanatory list of service markings. To be found on ammunition and ammunition packages in use with the Field Armies. 1915, 1917 and 1918 editions bound together in
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2800336

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SS 425 Regulations issued for the Control of the Civil Population in France and Belgium. General Headquarters, British Armies in the Field, France, 1st June, 1917

http://bibliotecas.defesa.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=bdn&uri=full=3100024~!238733~!0

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There's a useful list here, but it doesn't have all these entries - and it doesn't contain any links: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/warstudies/research/projects/index.aspx

John

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Looking up SS 195 Scouting and Patrolling for someone for another topic, I notice there are 3 links given, one of which no long works.

Post of  6 February 2021 gives a link to Lawrence Ordnance, the new link is https://www.lawranceordnance.com/default/blog/post/scouting_patrolling_1917  

Also in the 6 February 2021 post  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100360143 Hathi Trust

16 March 2023 post https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413701 Australian War Memorial

Maureen

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On 25/03/2024 at 08:03, MaureenE said:

Looking up SS 195 Scouting and Patrolling for someone for another topic, I notice there are 3 links given, one of which no long works.

Post of  6 February 2021 gives a link to Lawrence Ordnance, the new link is https://www.lawranceordnance.com/default/blog/post/scouting_patrolling_1917  

Also in the 6 February 2021 post  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100360143 Hathi Trust

16 March 2023 post https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413701 Australian War Memorial

Maureen

Hello Maureen, I appreciate the follow-up on your part. I suspect there will be more broken links given that it has been over 3 years for some of them.  I know that Archives New Zealand upgraded their collection system a couple years ago and changed how they formatted the links, which broke all the ones in the thread, though they can still be found via the catalogue.  The Australian War Memorial is in the midst of upgrading its collection... hopefully it will not do the same thing and break the old links, but it's too soon to tell.

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