Rifle and light infantry tactics : for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen . .^(^cu un tne line of battle a few paces. SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION—PART IV. 117 the column be in march, he will so direct it thatit may arrive exactly behind the markers, per-pendicularly to the line of battle, and halt it atthree paces from that line. 513. The column, right in front, being halted,it is supposed that the colonel wishes to deploy iton the first division; he will order the left gen-eral guide to go to a point on the line of battle alittle beyond that at which t
Rifle and light infantry tactics : for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen . .^(^cu un tne line of battle a few paces. SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION—PART IV. 117 the column be in march, he will so direct it thatit may arrive exactly behind the markers, per-pendicularly to the line of battle, and halt it atthree paces from that line. 513. The column, right in front, being halted,it is supposed that the colonel wishes to deploy iton the first division; he will order the left gen-eral guide to go to a point on the line of battle alittle beyond that at which the left of the battal-ion will rest when deployed, and place himselfcorrectly on the prolongation of the markers es-tablished before the first division. 514. These dispositions being made, the col-onel will command : 1. On the first division, deploy column. 2. Bat-talion, left—Face. 515. At the first command, the chief of thefirst division will caution it to stand fast; thechiefs of the three other divisions will remindthem that they will have to face to the left. 516. At the second command, the three lastdivisions will face to the left; the chief of e
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