Strategy and tactics: . 7ed in two lines,with their artillery on the right, as shown in figure 23 ;the second line outflanking the first by the length oftwo battalions on the right of the first division, andon the left of the second. The two battalions on theright and on the left of the second line will be de-ployed, the others remaining in column as usual. Theintervals between the ends of the two lines will be 228 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY. D-D- .EHH-OS-il- mm lui 1*1 mm BHEHMHBI- BWHHHHHHHh UKnHnHUHiD LilJ,,:,:,,j-0 onnna-—-7^ /> r I V s- |-s / I ,ï / iiiiir I. Fig. 23. DEFENSIVE BATTLES. 22
Strategy and tactics: . 7ed in two lines,with their artillery on the right, as shown in figure 23 ;the second line outflanking the first by the length oftwo battalions on the right of the first division, andon the left of the second. The two battalions on theright and on the left of the second line will be de-ployed, the others remaining in column as usual. Theintervals between the ends of the two lines will be 228 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY. D-D- .EHH-OS-il- mm lui 1*1 mm BHEHMHBI- BWHHHHHHHh UKnHnHUHiD LilJ,,:,:,,j-0 onnna-—-7^ /> r I V s- |-s / I ,ï / iiiiir I. Fig. 23. DEFENSIVE BATTLES. 229 occupied by three companies of sharpshooters, incolumn, at the extremities of the first line ; the twoother companies of sharpshooters, in each division,will form a part of the second line, in the vacant spacein the centre, occasioned by the second line outflank-ing the first. These companies, however, will onlytake up these positions after they have opened theengagement in the capacity of skirmishers. The third division forms in echelon on the left,farther in rear than the second line, but will deployonly two battalions of its first brigade ; the remainingtwo battalions of this brigade wTill remain in columnbehind the left wing, and the whole of the second bri-gade will be massed ready for movement. The artil-lery of this division will be placed in battery, on theprolongation of the second line, and two companiesof sharpshooters will be placed as a link between thebattery and the first battalion. The reserve will approach the right, which seemsto be th
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