. How armies fight. <sPoint Let us follow one of the Scots Greys patrols and seehow it does its work. It is moving along a footpath over some fields. Firstcomes a point of two men,forming a sort of advanced guardto prevent the enemy from sur-prising the patrol. About a hun-dred yards behind them are thecorporal in command of thepatrol and four of his men—the main body of the patrol. Theeighth trooper follows, nearenough to keep his eye on hiscomrades, and yet sufficiently farbehind to have a chance ofescaping should they be suddenly set on by the enemy. Scouts from this little main body are
. How armies fight. <sPoint Let us follow one of the Scots Greys patrols and seehow it does its work. It is moving along a footpath over some fields. Firstcomes a point of two men,forming a sort of advanced guardto prevent the enemy from sur-prising the patrol. About a hun-dred yards behind them are thecorporal in command of thepatrol and four of his men—the main body of the patrol. Theeighth trooper follows, nearenough to keep his eye on hiscomrades, and yet sufficiently farbehind to have a chance ofescaping should they be suddenly set on by the enemy. Scouts from this little main body are constantly sentout two hundred or three hundred yards to each side tosearch a garden, cottage, copse, or a hollow in the groundunseen from the footpath. Also, at regular intervals,troopers ride out to meet men from the next patrols, aquarter of a mile away on each side. By thus com-municating with each other, the patrols are enabled tokeep their proper places in the
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