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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	command_v	horse_n	troop_n	1,218	5	8.9105	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54357	The perfection of military discipline after the newest method, as practised in England and Ireland, &c., or, The industrious souldiers golden treasury of knowledge in the art of making war containing instructions for the exercising the pike and musket in all their postures, with the signs of the drum, by its beating the several points of war, the exercise of granadeers, horse, and dragoons : the explanation of the words of command, and how to be put in practice ... : the several doublings, wheelings, and drawing up of battalions, squadrons of horse, &c. with the conduct of armies in open or inclosed countries, or upon any occasion or immergency ... the method to be observed in garrisons, and the manner of fortification, with that of besieging strong holds, &c. to which is added, as a second part, The art of gunnery, or, The compleat engineer : shewing the practice of the ordnance, mortars, &c. with the manner of making and using fire-works for war, at sea and land, and many other things necessary to be known for the improvement of souldiers.		1690 (1690)	Wing P1532; ESTC R18339	60,614	163

as they have fired to their proper heighth the sub-altern Officers always minding that the next Rank of Musketiers be ready at the Angle to make their March under the Pikes instead of the second Rank which is to take the Place of the first when the first Rank has fired In this manner of fireing if the street to be defended be very broad then a space or interval must be made over and above the passage on the flanks sufficient for two Men a breast which will prevent the Horse from making any advantagious Attack To reduce this Order the Words of command are viz. Musketiers face to the right and left outward March and as soon as they are quit the farther Command is given viz. Musketiers to your proper Front March. This they must observe to do till such time as they are even with the first Rank of Pikes and then the Officers Drums Colours and Hoitboys must take their proper Posts Of the hollow Square and the manner of forming it by Words of Command IF you proceed to this the Battalion must be drawn up in Ranks at Twelve Foot distance the Files being at three then the Muskets shouldered and the Pikes advanced the Words of Command ensue viz. Colours Drums and Hoit-boys to the Centre of the Pikes March Ranks close forward to Order March Three outward Files of Pikes on the Right and Left double your Files to the Right and Left inwards March Half Files of Musketiers to the left-hand double your Front March Files close all to the Right to your close Order March To your Leader Pikes face square Pikes close forward to the Front Left Wing of Musketiers to the Right about Both Wings of Muketiers March Halt Musketiers Face to the Left March Halt Face to your proper Front all Officers and Serjeants take your Posts March Granadiers take your Posts in the Angles March Face square Musketiers make ready At this VVord the Pikes must be ported very low when the Musketiers present and the next VVord is First Rank kneel which must be done in such a manner that the two last Ranks may advantageously Fire over Then again The two last Ranks present Fire Having fired the next is Recover your Arms upon which the first Rank is to stand up with their Muskets recovered ready cock'd and guarded whereupon the two Ranks that have fired take the opportunity to Load again and these VVords of Command ensue viz. Front Ranks present Fire which done the Commandant proceeds viz. Recover your Arms and hereupon the Pikemen recover from their Port then again To your Leader March Halt Face Square c. These being performed after the same Order they may March and fire to every Front noting that when they are hid to Face to their Leader it must be to the Commandant in chief wherever he takes his Station but in facing to the proper Front it must be done to the Front of the Battalion as it was before it was formed into this manner of Figure Words of Command used to reduce this Form The Battalion being faced to the proper Front the Commander in chief proceeds viz. Granadiers take your Posts on the right of the Battalion March The Right and Left of each Wing of Musketiers Face to the Right and Left outward March Halt The three Files of Pikes of the Right and Left that doubled as you were March Musketiers Face to the Right March Halt To your Leader Rere half files of Musketiers that doubled to the Right about as you were March Ranks open backward to Twelve Foot March Colours Drums and Hoitboys to your former Posts March Files close to the Right to close Order March To your Leader Things proper to be observed by a Commander being in an Enemies Country c. HE must be carefull to observe the situation of the Place and gain as good Intelligence of the Enemy as he can and if he Command a Troop of Horse he must beware of skirting the side of a Wood for fear of an Ambush the strength of Horse consisting in the open Country as that of the Foot do's in a VVood for the Enemy is all ways to be expected to take advantage it is therefore dangerous for a Troop of Horse by reason it may be fallen upon before it can get to any secure Post An Officer of Foot marching through an inclosed VVoody Country must avoid if he can marching in the middle of a Plain or too near a VVood by which means if the Enemy approach he will have time to consider what course to take and if he be attacked by Horse then ought he to retreat unto the Wood Skirmishing to make it good for if he get into it the Horse will not attack him there but if he has to deal with Foot and observes himself the weakest he must regain the last Defile or narrow Post and drawing up in Battalia dispute it till he can better secure himself and the like is to be observed by the Horse if overmuch pressed wherefore it is good for a Commander to take special notice of the places he passes through sending his Scouts before him to discover the Enemy and search the Places where Ambushes are suspected for although it be in a Village there may be a Party of the Enemy there who will suffer the Scouts to pass by and conceal themselves till they see an opportunity to set upon the main Body When an Officer is arrived where he intends to Encamp he ought to Draw up his Men and having set his Guards he may permit them to take some ease by alighting from their Horses if it be Horse or if Foot to repose themselves always facing towards the Town or Place possessed or suspected to be possessed by the Enemy having if possible a Defile in the Front and Rear or some other security to prevent surprize the Scouts ought to be sent out from one half hour to another and when day appears they may venture farther into the Country and if there be no convenient Town or Place the best way if two or three days March in the Enemies Country is to lye in a Wood when it has been well searched to prevent an Ambush nor must an Officer suffer his Men to straggle though he be near a Friendly Town for it may so fall out that a Party may lye hid who taking that advantage may fall upon him and rout him though a lesser number for there it is the Enemy most commonly lays Ambuscades thinking as it often happens that by a Confidence of Security they shall find Men negligent and disordered When at any time the VVord is required of a Party you meet it is generally given by the weakest however it ought not lightly to be credited nor the Souldiers to Return their Arms till the Officer be assured whether they are Friends or Foes for many times a Deserter may betray the Word to the Enemy and he make an advantage of it Considerations in Marching an Army through

an Enemy's Country c. IF the War be carried into the Enemies Country to besiege or relieve any place whether the Enemy keep the Field or be beaten Caution ought to be had especially in Case of the former nor is it otherwise to be believed but he may Rally again wherefore it behoves the General to March close so that the Army may be in a Condition to open its passage to do which it ought to be divided into little Bodies the Cavalry placed upon the Wings in Front and Rear of the Bodies the Infantry marching in the middle in a gross Battalion the Artillary upon one side guarded by an experienced Regiment and so it happens that an Army never undergoes more difficulty than in an inclosed Country full of VVoods and Rivers especially if in an Enemies Territories where so many difficulties will arise Of marching in a Woody-Country c. THE most probable Advice that can be given in this case is to send the Pioneers supported by Horse and Foot to cut open ways of more easie passage fill up the Ditches and lay over Bridges and to do what else is required getting by Scouts and commanded Parties what Intelligence there can be had and the General not trusting altogether to others must be careful to inform himself and if he meet with a Bridge or difficult Pass defended by Curtains Bastions or any other Heights the Engineers having well viewed it it will be convenient to detach a Party to try whether the River be fordable and these being Horse may carry over each a Foot-man behind them which will more facilitate the Passage but if there be an Eminence to defend it on which Canon are placed then he may raise a cross Battery in the most advantagious place and endeavour to dismount their Cannon but if the Entry be fortified with a Bastion then a commanded Party of resolute Men must be detached to attaque it which must be done suddainly and with much Vigour for that daunts the Enemy when on the other hand delay encourages them to stand out How a General ought to behave himself when he meets with Castles and strong Fortresses in his March TO overcome these Difficulties the Engenier and Marshal De Camp must look out the most advantageous ground to place the Cannon for Battery and observe the Enemies Cannon how they bear as also their Sally Ports c. And if he designs to make himself Master of them he ought to take the most convenient Posts not only to annoy them but to prevent their being Succoured and raise a convenient Battery on the weakest side or that which by the Approbation of the Engenier lies most open to the Attaque causing the ground to be distributed for an Incampment as the Quarter Master General shall think fit and if the place to be forced prove strong Earth must be cast up to secure the Approaches from the Cannon or Shot running Lines Travers-wise and Indenting so that they cannot bear upon those that approach till they come to the breach made by the Batteries or undermining any part where they can charge their Mine and throw down the Wall but if it be not of extraordinary Strength requiring a formal Siege then a resolute Party may be detached from the main Body supported by others with Scaling Ladders Faggots Spades Shovels Pick-Axes c. to fill up a Trench or Ditch whilst the Armed Bands attempt to force the Gates with Petrades or the like Engins or scale the Walls ever maintaining and making good their Posts but in this case the Methods are various as the Service required offers it self more or less difficult and therefore we presume not to give exact Rules for what frequently alters Of Encampments and how they are usually Managed THough the manner of Incamping frequently is attended with some Variation yet to give the young Souldiers an insight in these Affairs will not be unnecessary as to what has been lately practised When an Army or any great Body is to Encamp it is usually disposed in Lines with a Reserve concluding the ground at the same time to be convenient for the so receiving them and if the Lines are but two there ought to be 300 paces distance between them at a yard the Pace and the Squadrons of Horse have for every one five and thirty paces of ground allowed and the like space between the one and the other that so without disorder they may march out if there be any occasion to Ingage As for the Infantry if they Incamp six deep they must have 80 paces at three Foot the pace allowed or more if the Scituation of the ground require it and between the Squadrons of Horse and Battalions of Foot the Line must be forty or fifty paces distant The Artillary ought to be placed upon the first Line of Infantry at such Advantage as may best annoy the Enemy if they come to make any Aattaque The Baggage and Ammunition take their place between the second Line and the Body of the Reserve on the right Hand and the Provisions on the Left or near the Tent of the Commissary General of Provisions The Quarter Master and Serjeants as well Horse as Foot are to pitch their Tents in the Front or Head of their Squadrons or Battalions and the other Officers Tents behind The principal Corps du Gaurd and the Parading place claims to be at the head of the Camp where the Arms Ensigns and Colours are Lodged The Posts of the Horse are on the Wings and the Foot take their Station in the middle and to every Squadron consisting of three Troops and fifty Men in a Troop fifty paces are allowed and every Battalion consisting of 16 Companies and 50 Men in each Company ought to haue 100 paces for their Incampment As for the Dragoons they are not Encamped in the Body of the Army but have their Camp a little separate at the Head or Wings to which the greatest danger seems to threaten as being the out-gaurd for the Army and each Regiment ought to have a Gaurd at the head of their Camp and the Major General for that day is to take care to place the great Gaurd in a convenient place at a distance from off the Army towards any expected Danger which may discover any approach before it come too near and thereby prevent any Surprize for Caution is to be used where Danger is not as well as where it is Remarks upon the Encamping of Horse IN Encamping a Troop if it consist of 100 Men they ought to have 70 Foot in Front allowed them and 200 in depth eight Foot in breadth and 12 in depth must be accounted to two Horse-men to make their Hutts or Barques and the Men and Horses are to be Lodged in two Ranks the Horses heads standing towards the Hutts of their Owners yet between the Hutts and Stables there ought to be an Interval of eight Foot The Captains Tent to be at the head of the Barques of his