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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48253	The military duties of the officers of cavalry containing the way of exercising the horse according to the practice of this present time : the motions of horse, the function of the several officers, from the chief captain to the brigadeer / written originally in French by the Sieur de la Fontaine, ingineer in ordinary to the most Christain king and translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war as it is practised in France, by A.L.	La Fontaine, sieur de.; Lovell, Archibald.	1678 (1678)	Wing L178; ESTC R32445	50,400	157

Herses which are hung and fastened over the Gates to hinder surprises and finding them to be in good condition he shall cause open the Barrier which is within the Town and the first leaves If they open to let out some private person the Barrier is to be shut so soon as he that is to go out is got within and come to the Draw-Bridge which is not hastily to be let down for the Gate of a Town cannot be too slowly opened in the night time nor too quickly shut when there are two Draw-bridges this is to be drawn up so soon as he who is to go out is passed over it and the Major or Captain of the Gates is to go and cause the other to be let down which is to be drawn up presently after If it be a party of Horse the Tape cut is not to be drawn up but they are to march out or come in by the little Gate at the side of the Tape-cut If it be to let any Convoy come in all the Bridges must be let down and all the Gates and Barriers opened and all the Escouades that are in the Court of Guard and on the Rampart are to be drawn out to the Gate except those who are remotest from the Gate which is to be opened The Major Captain of the Gates and the Porters on such occasions ought each of them to have great Lanterns for they cannot in such rancounters see too clearly When all things are well disposed and all security taken for the entry of the Convoy the Major and his Aids shall stand by the Bridges and hinder any stop to be made thereon making the Convoy file up into two files if they be Foot and if they be Horse singly one after another if they be Carriages in the same manner and as fast as they enter the Major his Aids and even the Captain of the Gates ought to count the Troopers and Foot and the number of Waggons that enter and so soon as the Convoy is entered the Gate is to be shut though there may be some Trooper or Foot Souldier behind and immediately after the Gate is shut the Major should send back the Escouades to their several Courts of Guard and he himself at the same time with his Aids and the Captain of the Gates should carry the Keys to the Governour and give him an account of all If the Major or his Aids cause the Gates be opened by day or night they should never suffer the Keyes to be carried into any private House The Major ought to have an exact account of the Posts of honour and the Posts of fatigue though all of them ought to be taken for Posts of honour If the Major allow some Mornings in fair weather to the younger Brothers who are in the Garison that they may be trained in their exercises he will procure friends and be esteemed by these young Gentlemen The Regiment-Majors who are in Garison commonly take that care upon them yet they ought not to do it without acquainting the Major of the place because no body should take Arms without his knowledge and besides the functions of Majors cease when they enter into Garison They may very well act severally in their Regiments but they must receive the Orders which they execute in their Regiments from the Major of the place otherways the order of War would be perverted and therefore there are never more than one Governour one Kings-Lieutenant and one single Major in a place And that I may continue to describe his function I shall tell you that a Major must be most affectionate to the service of the King faithful vigilant and laborious a man of great Courage and clear and sound Judgment he ought to be very impartial in the distribution of service without any compliance he is to be the Organ of the Governour as he of a Regiment is of the Colonel he alone or his Aid ought to carry the Orders cause all Proclamations to be made and establish all that concerns Military Discipline for the Authority of his Prince or Governour take an account of the Posts that are to be guarded proportion Guards to them according to the strength of the Garison shew them to the Governour and take his Orders concerning the manner how he ought to make the distribution of them and having received them cause them to be punctually obeyed In time of War if the place may be attacked and that there is ground of fear that the Garison is not strong enough for defence or that the Fortifications Artillery Ammunition and Provisions are not in condition to resist the Enemies Forces he is to acquaint the Governour therewith and at the same time write to a Secretary of State who has the concerns of War for his charge that he may acquaint the King with the same If the place be besieged he ought to take measures for its defence proportionably to the strength of the Garison and Inhabitants knowing within a little the number of Souldiers that may defend it and endeavour by all means to ease the Governour of some part of the cares wherewith he is over-burdened at such a time and if they be approved by him he is to take his Orders to cause his will be executed therein This is the whole duty of a well accomplished Major so also should all Officers upon the account of honour and duty acquit themselves strenuously of their charges that the King may be the better served There is nothing of greater Glory to a man than to command men and therefore Officers ought to know their functions well and command their inferiours to do their duty that being so his Majesty will be far better served and take pleasure to see so many brave Officers and so many Souldiers submitted to his power and ready to die for his service the glory of God and the welfare of the State CHAP. VI. Of the March of an Army SQuadrons of Horse as we have said in our first part are commonly composed of eighty an hundred or an hundred and twenty Troopers it is very rare when they exceed two hundred Batallions are made as strong as may be The Pikes are always placed in the middle and the Musketeers on the Wings The Army is divided into three bodies which are ranked in three lines the first is called the Vanguard the second the main body and the third if it be of almost equal force is called the Rear-guard but when weaker it is called the body of reserve The middle of these three lines consists of Foot the Cavalrie is on the Wings of each of the same lines and sometimes the Squadrons are placed in the intervals betwixt the Batallions as we have elsewhere discoursed to the end that when the Foot have fired and begin to put the Enemy in disorder the Horse may more easily advance and charge through these intervals to break intirely those who already begin to be in disorder yea and by that

and actions The General knowing into what place he is to carry the War and if it be only to enter into an Enemies Country or to give a diversion to their Forces or if it be in effect to besiege a place force some Posts or to search the Enemy to give him Battel he is to hold a Council upon these several occurrences and shall call to it the chief Officers of Horse Foot and Artillery with the Commissary General of the Provisions to the end that amongst themselves they may determine the several days marches and the places for provision on the way In that council where they treat of the securitie of the Army in going to the place proposed they shall inquire into the nature of the Country to wit if it be commodious for the march of the Cavalrie or more favourable for infantry or if these two bodies may march both together In fine they must there treat of Carriages and the General of the Artillery and Commissary of Provisions shall declare the advantage or inconvenience of the Country for the conduct of the Provisions and Baggage of the Army When the General hath received orders from his Soveraign to depart on a day prefixed or having resolved it in his Council he ought to write to the chief Officers who were not at the Council General Now seeing it is usual that the Enemy entertains always Spies in the Capital Towns and in the place where the General has his abode he is to send his Letters by secret and extraordinary ways so that they who pry into his actions may be deceived He may pretend some indisposition that he may have time to write his Letters He shall begin to send to those who are most remote from him and the place whither he intends to go which will give them occasion to arrive at the place of Rendezvous as soon as they who are very near to whom the General is not to make known his thoughts but when the time is at hand Four or five days before the General is to depart he should cause a report to be spread that he intends to go to a match of Hunting in a place at some considerable distance from the way his Army is to march This or some such like pretext puzles the Spies especially when they see that there is some probability in it The Evening before he is to depart he shall cause notice be given at the receiving of the word that the Forces that are with him shall repair next day to their colours that they may be ready to march according to Orders The Generals of Artillery and the Commissaries of Provision receive the first Orders to the end they may have time to make provisions without hurry or noise and furnish the stores from whence the Army is to receive refreshment and that obliges them to keep their order very secret The Rendezvous of an Army is a certain place which the General hath chosen or is appointed him by Orders from his Prince whither all the Regiments that are to compose his Army ought to be present at the day prefixt to them notwithstanding of the badness of weather The Rendezvous ought to be commodious not only for lodging the Army but also for furnishing it with provisions and all other things necessary and therefore it should always be near some places scituated on Rivers that both Horse and Foot may be furnished with sufficiency of water When the Rendezvous of an Army is made in some Town and that the Army is to stay there but for one night the most commodious way both for the inhabitants and for the Souldiers is to encamp without the Walls of the Town giving permission only to some Horse and Foot to come and buy provisions for themselves and Comrades If the Army be to lie some time at their Rendezvous and that the place is capable to receive them then they may be freely quartered in the Town provided there be water enough both for the inhabitants and Army for otherways they must go quarter elsewhere It is to be observed that when the Army lies in the Field the Quarters are to be placed as near one another as possibly they can that it may not be weakened and though the Rendevous of the Army be distant from the Enemies Country and that there seem to be no fear of danger nevertheless as fast as the Regiments shall arrive at the Rendezvous and enter into their Posts or Lodgings they shall be careful to place their Courts of Guard and advance Sentinels for security of the Camp Of cautions to be taken before an Army be drawn into the Field The General before he draws out into the Field is to agree with the Mareshal de Camp and the Mareshal of Battel about the order of his march That that may be done in the most convenient manner the General should know the force of the Army that he is to Command and likewise of the Enemies It will be no hard matter to know the state of his own for by making a Roll of the number of Regiments of Horse and Foot that compose it and having set down in it the number of the men that are in them and the number of Squadrons and Batallions that they may form he shall know how many men he has to Command and according to that number may proportion the Van guard main Body and the Rear-guard but he ought first by his Spies and Scouts be informed of the convenience or inconvenience of the ways if they be solid and plain that he may carry with him his Artillery if the Country be Mountainous close or open Champian if there be many Woods and Rivers to pass if the ways be cut by Marshes Ditches Canals or other incommodious places if there be many narrow passes if the Enemy may have advantage to attack or surprise by Ambuscades in the narrow passages Finally being well informed of all that may be advantagious to him he shall frame the order of his march that he may depart when he shall think fit Before he draw out into the Fields he ought above all things give orders for raising recruits making Convoys which are two things absolutely necessary for the preservation of an Army that hath a design to march in an Enemies Country The General having caused notice to be given at receiving of the word the Evening before he designs his Army should march that every one should be in readiness to march next day by the break of day the Horse and Foot early in the Morning shall repair to their Standards and Colours which is the place of the gathering together of the several Troops and Companies All the Troops being formed there they shall put themselves upon the march and rank themselves into Squadrons and Batallions that they may afterward draw up in Batallia in the place appointed them by the Mareshal de Camp or his Aids Above all things the Mareshal de Camp ought to be well informed