Manœuvres, or Practical observations on the art of war. 2 vols. [in 6 pt. With] The practice of manœuvring a battalion of infantry |
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sir William Young (1st bart.) 23181 f . 55 WORDS of COMMAND , Battalion from the Wings G. Divifions.
sir William Young (1st bart.) 23181 f . 55 WORDS of COMMAND , Battalion from the Wings G. Divifions.
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... Wings G. Divifions to the S. Divifions on the ift right . Plate advance left . P. zd centre . P. 3d flanks . P.4th right . P. 6th 7 left . P.7th S centre to the Platoons form the oblong by files . retire . P. 5th in Indian file . by ...
... Wings G. Divifions to the S. Divifions on the ift right . Plate advance left . P. zd centre . P. 3d flanks . P.4th right . P. 6th 7 left . P.7th S centre to the Platoons form the oblong by files . retire . P. 5th in Indian file . by ...
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... Wings form the right { advance in Indian file- 26 And fo on through the Table , as by Battalions in the Grand Sub Platoons fame manner . Divifions from the right , left , centre , flanks , advance , retire , & c . See the plates . " י ...
... Wings form the right { advance in Indian file- 26 And fo on through the Table , as by Battalions in the Grand Sub Platoons fame manner . Divifions from the right , left , centre , flanks , advance , retire , & c . See the plates . " י ...
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... wings are acceptable ; fmall birds are eafily preferved by opening their bodies under the wing , and taking out their entrails . Stuff them with oakum or tow , mixed with pitch or tar , and being tho- roughly dried in the fun , wrap ...
... wings are acceptable ; fmall birds are eafily preferved by opening their bodies under the wing , and taking out their entrails . Stuff them with oakum or tow , mixed with pitch or tar , and being tho- roughly dried in the fun , wrap ...
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... wing of the battalion under captain Maxwell's com- mand ; the duke of Richmond's company upon the right of the lieutenant - colonel's , with captain M Dowall's upon its right , makes the fecond grand divifion of the left wing of the ...
... wing of the battalion under captain Maxwell's com- mand ; the duke of Richmond's company upon the right of the lieutenant - colonel's , with captain M Dowall's upon its right , makes the fecond grand divifion of the left wing of the ...
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Side 101 - The officers and men will remember what their country expects from them, and what a determined body of soldiers, inured to war, is capable of doing against five weak French battalions, mingled with a disorderly peasantry.
Side 88 - ... attack, and put it out of the general's power to execute his plan. The grenadiers could not suppose that they alone could beat the French army ; and therefore it was necessary that the corps under Brigadiers Monckton and Townshend should have time to join, that the attack might be general.
Side 17 - Pitt be interred at the public charge, and that a monument be erected in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, to the memory of...
Side 43 - Neither officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier is to leave his platoon, or abandon the colours, for a slight wound; while a man is able to do his duty, and can stand and hold his arms, it is infamous to retire.
Side 15 - General Wolfe's Instructions to Young Officers: also his Orders for a Battalion and an Army. Together with the Orders and Signals used in Embarking and Debarking an Army by Flat-bottom'd Boats, &c.
Side 101 - His aim is to deftijoy the mofl confiderable fettlements of the French in North America : it is not againft the induftrious peafants, their wives and children, nor againft the minifters of religion, that he defigns making war. He laments the...
Side 102 - The refolution the Canadians ought to take is by no means doubtful : the utmoft exertion of their valour will be entirely ulelefs, and will only ferve to deprive them of the advantages that they might enjoy by their neutrality.
Side 19 - Officer then at the head of our army. During the whole war he went on, without interruption, forming the military character; was present at every engagement, and never passed undistinguished.
Side 75 - Women and children," such were the orders of Wolfe, " are to be treated with humanity ; if any violence is offered to a woman, the offender shall be punished with death.
Side 44 - A soldier that takes the musket off his shoulder, and pretends to begin the battle without order, will be put to death that instant : — the cowardice or irregular proceedings of one man is not to put the whole in danger.