Rifle and light infantry tactics : for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen . H-^—.ii -IF. school op the battalion—part iii. 67 Article Eighth. To change direction in column closed in To change db-ection in marching. 288. A column by division, closed in mass,being in march, will change direction by t\iQ frontof subdivisions. 289. Whether the change be made to the re-verse, or to the pivot flank, it will always be exe-cuted on the principle of wheeling in marching;to this end, the colonel will first cause the battalionto take the guide on the
Rifle and light infantry tactics : for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen . H-^—.ii -IF. school op the battalion—part iii. 67 Article Eighth. To change direction in column closed in To change db-ection in marching. 288. A column by division, closed in mass,being in march, will change direction by t\iQ frontof subdivisions. 289. Whether the change be made to the re-verse, or to the pivot flank, it will always be exe-cuted on the principle of wheeling in marching;to this end, the colonel will first cause the battalionto take the guide on the flank opposite to the in-tended change of direction, if it be not already onthat flank. 290. A column by division, closed in mass, rightin front, having to change direction to the right,the colonel, after having caused a marker to beplaced at the point where the change ought tocommence, will command: 1. Battalion^ right wheel. 2. MARCH. 291. At the command march, the leading divi-sion will wheel as if it were part of a column athalf distance. 292. The instant that this division commencesthe wheel, all the others will, at onc
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