. How armies fight. ater, for the distance between thetwo places is over eight miles. So we take up our positionshortly before ten oclock, and still have some time to wait. By being so late, we miss a part of the division—namely, A squadron of the 14th Hussars, which is march-ing about four miles ahead of the infantry. However,this does not matter very much, for it is reconnoitringin the same way as the cavalry division does, and youhave already read all about that. The squadron, in fact,makes a small screen of patrols of three or four meneach, who search the villages, orchards, and woods on e
. How armies fight. ater, for the distance between thetwo places is over eight miles. So we take up our positionshortly before ten oclock, and still have some time to wait. By being so late, we miss a part of the division—namely, A squadron of the 14th Hussars, which is march-ing about four miles ahead of the infantry. However,this does not matter very much, for it is reconnoitringin the same way as the cavalry division does, and youhave already read all about that. The squadron, in fact,makes a small screen of patrols of three or four meneach, who search the villages, orchards, and woods on eachside of the road, in case any of the enemys scouts havesucceeded in getting through our cavalry screen in could not, of course, do our army any actual harm,but they would be able to count our men, and report our 128 MARCH OF ARMY CORPS FROM BRUSSELS. z o j \ If) | > i Q £ $h* 1 <£ in < £ 1 3 u- v V o LiJ $ ui F * z h 2 ^ •$ Q < o § 1 I -2 o g cc ?? < 1 ^ Or 5 «. £ S 0^ 0 0 C. Fig. 6.—March of the First Division. In this diagram the 1st Infantry Division of General Frenchs army corps is representedas marching along a very curly road. The road is not really curly, but has been made so inthe drawing in order to get it all on one page. At the top right-hand corner of the diagramis the vanguard, marching in the direction shown by the arrow. A full description of the MARCH OF ARMY CORPS FROM BRUSSELS. 129 strength to the German general. It is hardly likely thata big force has got past our cavalry division unobserved;but if it has, the divisional cavalry, as this squadronis called, will find it, and prevent it from surprising ourinfantry. It is a glorious summer morning, and the sun is shiningbrightly on the roof of La Haie Sainte farmhouse, aquarter of a mile to the east of our position—the samefarmhouse which formed the centre of the British line inthe great battle, and which a German battalion defendedagainst the attack of twenty times it
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