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encamp_a 〈◊〉_d foot_n by_o a_o pace_n be_v mean_v thrâ—_n foot_n order_n for_o battle_n though_o there_o can_v be_v no_o certain_a rule_n give_v for_o any_o order_n of_o battle_n which_o depend_v chief_o upon_o the_o circumstance_n of_o place_n and_o other_o accident_n yet_o these_o short_a direction_n be_v to_o serve_v for_o a_o example_n to_o show_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n by_o a_o single_a battalion_n you_o must_v first_o of_o all_o command_n silence_n at_o which_o time_n the_o rank_n be_v to_o be_v two_o good_a pace_n distant_a and_o the_o file_n close_v in_o such_o manner_n that_o every_o soldier_n may_v march_v at_o his_o ease_n and_o so_o load_v and_o fire_n which_o will_v be_v best_a effect_v by_o every_o one_o keep_v the_o distance_n of_o half_a a_o foot_n from_o his_o right-hand_a man_n so_o that_o they_o may_v have_v liberty_n of_o move_v their_o elbow_n as_o they_o march_n you_o must_v command_v they_o to_o march_v very_o slow_o to_o observe_v the_o right_n in_o march_v and_o to_o preserve_v the_o interval_n which_o be_v always_o to_o be_v fifty_o or_o sixty_o pace_n at_o least_o and_o if_o the_o ground_n will_v afford_v it_o more_o that_o fifty_o or_o sixty_o of_o a_o battalion_n may_v pass_v through_o they_o with_o ease_n nothing_o hauâ—_n ever_o prove_v more_o prejudicial_a 〈◊〉_d battle_n than_o the_o leave_v interval_n too_o straight_o none_o be_v to_o speak_v but_o the_o commander_n in_o chief_n or_o the_o major_n by_o his_o order_n who_o be_v always_o to_o attend_v his_o command_n to_o a_o battalion_n of_o ten_o company_n there_o be_v suppose_v to_o bâ—_n beside_o the_o colonel_n and_o lieutenant_n colonel_n eight_o captain_n and_o nine_o lieutenant_n who_o be_v to_o be_v post_v in_o the_o form_n of_o battle_n as_o follow_v colonel_n and_o lieutenant_n colonel_n and_o five_o captain_n at_o the_o head_n of_o the_o pike_n 1_o &_o 3_o captain_n at_o the_o head_n of_o the_o right_a division_n of_o shot_n 2_o &_o 4_o captain_n at_o the_o 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