The cavalry were also issued with entrenching tools prior to the outbreak of war, as a result of experience gained during the Second Boer War.
32.
Putnam had procured the various entrenching tools and materials needed for building the fortifications, had them loaded into wagons, and proceeded to Charlestown with Prescott.
33.
Hand-to-hand fighting around the Carter House and the pike was furious and desperate, employing such weapons as bayonets, rifle butts, entrenching tools, axes, and picks.
34.
"' Carrier, Entrenching Tool "'- The Entrenching tool carrier is molded of EVA and the top flap is secured by means of two metal snap fasteners.
35.
"' Carrier, Entrenching Tool "'- The Entrenching tool carrier is molded of EVA and the top flap is secured by means of two metal snap fasteners.
36.
Shell scrapes are generally hastily excavated manually ( i . e . with immediately available means such as the entrenching tool ), and are temporary constructions.
37.
In 1870, the U . S . Army introduced the trowel or spade bayonet, intended for individual soldiers as both a weapon and an entrenching tool.
38.
Instead of longer bayonets, infantry forces on both sides began experimenting with other weapons as auxiliary close-quarter arms, including the trench knife, pistol, hand grenade, and entrenching tool.
39.
More than anything else, the issue of entrenching tools that were carried on the troop packhorses demonstrated how much the cavalry's doctrine had changed since the Boer Wars.
40.
During the course of the battle, this weapon exchanged hands 3 times in hand-to-hand fighting deceded at close range with rifles and E-tools ( entrenching tools, or shovels ).
