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A90171 Orders to be observed in the marching, imbattelling, fighting, and dismarching of the citie-forces. May 23. 1644. Committee for the Militia of London. 1644 (1644) Wing O409; Thomason E49_14; ESTC R22745 2,476 7

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ORDERS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE Marching Imbattelling Fighting and Dismarching of the Citie Forces May 23. 1644. LONDON Printed 1644. Orders to be observed c. SIxe Regiments of the City Forces being then abroad upon the Publicke Service there is now left of the Forces within the line of Communication only twelve Regiments The sixe Regiments of the London Trayned Bands containing 40 Companies Sir Iames Harringtons Regiment being the Trayned Band of Westminster and that Liberty containing 8 Compainies Colonell Hudsons Regiment being that of Southwarke containing 8 Companies 4 Regiments of Auxiliaries containing 20 Companies Colonell Willoubies Regiment being of the Hamblets containing 8 Companies In all 84. All the Companies of each severall Regiment more then sixe Companies in a Regiment are to be taken off for the guard of the City and Parliament as by order given the rest being 12 Regiments 6 Companies in a Regiment are to march to Hide-Parke where they are desired to be by 10 of the clocke in the Morning observing such orders as are formerly given in drawing up 72 Companies the other 12 are disposed of as followeth Seven Companies to guard the Workes and Forts upon the North side of the River Two Companies to guard the Forts upon the South River One Company for Westminster The other two are appointed for the guard of the City viz. one Company at the Exchange the other Company halfe at the Tower-hill the other halfe at Paules The Order given out for the march were sent the 21 day to the Lieutenant Colonells of the Trayned Bands for London and the Colonells of the other Regiments and are as followeth Lieutenant Colonell Hooker May 21. 1644. The March YOu are hereby required to order the Captaines of your Regiment to cause the Drummers to beat to morrow and by Proclamation warn all the Souldiers listed in their severall Bands to attend their Colours on Thursday morning next being the 23 of this instant May in their owne persons by six of the clocke at the furthest at their ordinary meeting place in their Ward and from thence to march compleatly armed in single companies unto Tower-Hill or some other convenient place and there drawing up into a Regiment in two divisions sending for your Colonell and placing your Field Officers and Captaines as is accustomed you are to march directly to Hide-Parke not staying for any other Regiment where you are to draw up into the ground that your Quarter-master shall have set out for you and you are to be there by ten of the clocke that the rest of the worke of the day may there bee performed The Imbattelling Being come to Hide-Parke the ground assigned let each Regiment reduce their two divisions into one in this manner the Grand Reare-division standing in eaven Front with the other Grand Division command the Pikes to stand fast then face about all the Musquetiers and march them cleare of their Pikes facing them againe to the proper Front then close all the Pikes of both Divisions two three foote close also the Musqueteers that march in the Van Grand Division to six foot and let them face to the right and march till they be cleare of their Pikes then face them to the Front proper and Flanke their Pikes close also the Musqueteers of the Reere Grand Division in like manner and let them draw up and flanke the left wing of the Pikes let this bee done neer the ground where the Quartermaster for that Regiment hath placed their Banners that they may immediately draw up to their gound and so stand in eaven Front as in the figure following Lo. Major C. Harsnet C. Hudson C. Warner C. Pinder C. Adams 1 12 8 5 9 4 3 10 6 7 11 2 C. Pennington C. Willoughby C. Towes C. Harrington C. Shepheard C. Atkins This done the space of a 100 foot being left between Regiment regiment whilst the Regiments stand thus in two eaven Fronts let the Ordnance with a file of Musqueteers from each Company be drawne off to the Flankes halfe to the right and halfe to the left each guard of such Musqueteers to be commanded by a Captaine a Lieutenant and two Serjeants to be sent from these Regiments After this when the Forces have stood a space thus to be viewed let two Regiments in each battell to wi● in the upper ground the Regement next on the left my Lord Majors and the other on the right of Alderman Adams and their opposites which fall to be the foure Auxiliaries face about march 20 paces or more if there be ground below the reere of the standing Regiments then face about to your Front proper and so both battells to stand as in the figure following This done the field being cleered of the spectators between the two Fronts let the Colonell next unto the Ordinance on the upper side of the Field upon both Flanks give the Gunners order to fire their Ordnance once over which the opposites must answer in like manner The Fight After this the Colonell of each Regiment of the Auxiliaries send forth 5 or sixe files of Musquetiers in a Division with a Serjeant before the Battailes of the Van where their opposites are to meet them in like manner and thus to continue skirmishing in small parties betwixt battaile and battaile till all the Musquetiers of the Reserves which are the 4 Regiments placed in the Reere have fired once over and in all your firings let order be given to present at the knee and not breast-high And so soone as all these are returned let a signall be given to the Gunners to give fire again the second time Immediately after the firing of the Ordnance and the field cleered betwixt the Battailes let all the advanced Regiments give fire together as followeth Having left intervailes betwixt every 4. and 5. Ranks to wheele off the Musquetiers let the Serjeants of each Division lead forth two Rankes 10 paces before the body altogether and having fired then fall in the reare of their owne men the body moving slowly after The second time to fire even in the front and so cease altogether and retreat to their first ground Then let the 4 Regiments the Reserves march up to have their Reare cleare of them that fought and observe the same Fight and Firings that the other did and so fall back and take their places in eaven Front as at first This done and the people cleered let all the Forces slowlie moving forward give fire in eaven front thrice over and no more but not come within 6 pikes lengths of their opposites and so stand making an eaven front and display their Colours Dismarching The Fight being ended let the Colonels take their own Drakes and Carts of Ammunition placing them in the Van of the Regiment as they marcht forth and then it it is desired that pales may be taken down towards Tybourn-road that the Regiments may march away as well through Holborne as the Strand My Lord Majors Regiment beginnes First in Tibourne road and those that joyned with him successively after Colonell Atkins Regiment leading First forth at the other gate by the Parke corner and the other Regiments that joyned with him successively after him FINIS