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The French way of exercizing the infantry as it is now practis'd in the armies of his most Christian Majesty. Translated from the French, October the 31. 1672.
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THE FRENCH Way of Exercizing THE INFANTRY As it is now practis'd in the ARMIES OF HIS MOST Christian Majesty Translated from the French October the 31 1672. LONDON Printed for Dorman Newman at the Kings Arms in the Poultry and Jonathan Edwin at the Three Roses in Ludgate-street 1672. THE GENERAL Way of Exercize FOR THE INFANTRY The manner of possessing the Ground and forming a Battalion THe Major takes the Colonel and his Adjutant or whoever acts in that charge and attends them in the Field which he has pitch'd upon The Major takes the Muskets and forms the front of a Battalion The Adjatant ought to be at the head of the Pikes which he draws up in the same manner in the rere of the Maskets at twenty spaces distance if he have ground sufficient The Major or Adjatant must observe that the due distance of Files when they are not Exercizing is onely half a space distance but when they come to handling their arms or doublings they must open to a whole pace No Company must enter into the field but in its order and six deep in file The Captains or Officers must lead their Companies with a Pike in their hand the Lieutenants must be at the rere of the Pikes when there are Ensigns and when there is none they are to place themselves at the head of the Pikes when they are drawn into battalia The Companies being come to the designed ground shall file off one after another and pass upon the left wing of the Pikes and in the first place they shall leave their pikes in the field of the battle and the Muskets shall pursue their march till they have joyned the front of their Muskets So soon as the last Company has joyned the Battalion the Adjutant shall file off the Pikes by quarter Ranks to go joyn the Battalion on the same front of Muskets on the left wing and without losing time as soon as the last quarter Rank is arrived he shall face them to the left in demi-rank to the left the Muskets and to the right the Pikes and by a word of Command March the Pikes and the Muskets shall possess the same ground after which he shall give command As you were taking care that in these movings a Sergeant be stâ—ll at the wing of each Division to prevent their falsifying No Officer shall leave the head of his Company nor his pike till the battalion be formed When a battalion is formed the first Lieutenant shall take his stand in the rere of the first division of Muskets and the last in the rere of the last division an Ensign in the rere of the pikes with one half of the Sergeants to hinder the Souldiers from dispersing or breaking their ranks When the Major gives any command the Officers and Sergeants are to cause a profound silence to be kept and none but he is to give any command unless he that commands the Regiment The Captains and Officers are to be employed in the putting in execution all Commands according as they shall be disposed by the Major The Drums shall be placed on the right hand and the left The General Exercize for the INFANTRY AFter having drawn the Regiment into Battalia they draw out the Files of Halberteers which are placed on the wings of the Battalion by the following Commands Take care Halberteers to form your Files on the wings of the battalion To the right and left by half rank draw your files on the wings of the battalion March Then they open the Files of the Battalion Take heed to your selves in opening your files that the right hand file stir not To the left open your files to three foot distance March Halt To the right The Exercize of the Musket Take heed to your selves there in the exercizing your Muskets Lay your right hand on your musket Poyze your musket Joyn your left hand to your musket Handle your match Blow your match Cock your match Try your match Lay your two fingers on the pan Blow your match Open your pan Present At this command the Pikes charge Give fire Withdraw your arms At this command the Pikes advance Take out your match Return it to its place Blow your pan Take your primer Prime your pan Shut your pan Blow your pan Pass your musket to the sword side Take your charger Open your charger with your teeth Put the powder into the barrel Draw your Rammer Advance your Rammer Shorten your Rammer against your brest Put in your Rammer into your gun Ramm hard Withdraw your Rammer Advance your Rammer Shorten your Rammer against your brest Return your Rammer Joyn your right hand to your musket Poyz your musket Shoulder your musket Exercize of the Pike Take heed to your selves there Pikemen Lay down your Pike To the right to the right to the right to the right Half turn to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the left Half turn to the left as you were Advance your Pike Charge to the front To the right to the right to the right to the right Half fac'd to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the left Half fac'd to the left as you were Advance your Pike Charge to your proper front as you were To the right charge your Pike as you were To the right half turn'd charge as you were To the left charge your Pike as you were Half turn to the left charge as you were Port your Pike Charge to the front as you were To the right charge your pike as you were Half turn to the right charge as you were To the left charge your pike as you were Half turn to the left charge as you were Comport your pike the head formost Charge to the front as you were To the right hand about charge as you were Half turn to the right charge as you were To the left hand about charge as you were Half turn to the left charge as you were Dart your pike Charge to the front as you were To the right hand about charge as you were Half turn to the right charge as you were To the left hand about charge as you were Half turn to the left charge as you were Order your pike Charge to horse Draw your sword Return your sword Order your pike Charge to the front March Halt Cast off your pike Trail your pike the head downwards March Halt as you were Order your pike Take heed there the whole battalion to present your arms Musketiers make ready The pikes charge at the same time To the right to the right to the right to the right Half turn to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the â—â—ft Hâ—â—◠〈◊〉 to the left as you were Take your match Return your match Shoulder your Musket Here they advance their pikes Take care there the whole Battalion To the right to the right to the right to
by the following Commands Take care Halberteers to form Files on the wings of the body To the right and left by half ranks draw out your files on the wings of the body March Then cause the Files in the Body to open Take heed in opening your files that the right hand file stir not To the left open your files to three foot distance March Halt To the right Exercize of the Musket Take heed in the exercizing your Musket Lay your right hand on your musket Poyze your musket Joyn your left hand to your musket Take your match Blow your match Cook your match Try your match Lay your two singers on the pan Blow your match Open your pan Present At this command the Pikes charge in front Give fire Withdraw your arms Here the Pikes advance Take out your match Return it to its place Blow your pan Take your primer Prime your pan Shut your pan Blow your pan Pass your musket to the sword side Take your charger Open it with your teeth Put in your powder Draw your Rammer Advance your Rammer Shorten it against your breast Put it into your bore Ramm Withdraw your Rammer Advance your Rammer Shorten it against your breast Return your Rammer Joyn your right hand to your musket Poyz your musket Shoulder your musket Exercize of the Pike Look to your selves Pikemen Lay down your Pike To the right to the right to the right to the right Half turn to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the left Half turn to the left as you were Advance your Pike Charge to the front To the right to the right to the right to the right Half turn to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the left Half turn to the left as you were Advance your Pike Port your pike Charge to the front as you were To the right charge as you were Half turn'd to the right charge as you were To the left charge as you were Half turn to the left charge as you were Comport your pike the head formost Charge to the front Trail your pike the head downwards as you were Cast off your pike Order your pike Charge to horse Draw your sword Return your sword Order your pike Take heed the whole body to present your arms Musketiers make ready The pikes charge at the same time and the command following serve as well for the pikes as the Muskets To the right to the right to the right to the right Half turn to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the left Half turn to the left as you were Handle your match Return it to its place Shoulder your Musket At the same time they order their pikes Take heed there the whole Battalion To the right to the right to the right to the right Half turn to the right as you were To the left to the left to the left to the left Half turn'd to the left as you were Ranks that are to double look to it To the right double your ranks in front March Ranks as you were March To the left double your ranks in front March Ranks as you were March Ranks that have not doubled look to it To the right double your ranks i' th' rere March Ranks as you were March To the left double your ranks i' th' rere March Ranks as you were March Demy ranks of the wing take care To the right by demy Ranks of the wing double your files March Demy Ranks make good your files as you were March Demy Ranks that have not doubled take care To the left by Demy Ranks of the wings double your files March Demy Ranks make good your files as you were March Demy Ranks of the body take care To the right by Demy Ranks double your files March Demy Ranks make good your files as you were March To the left by Demy Ranks double your files March Demy Ranks make good your files as you were March The whole body take care to countermarch To the right by Ranks countermarch March Halt To the right To the left by Ranks countermarch March Halt To the left Take heed to make a quarter conversion To the right a quarter conversion March Halt To the left a quarter conversion March Halt Take notice all Order your arms The Pike-men rest their pikes on the ground Lay down your arms The Pike-men stick their pikes between their two legs Be ready to go A la Paille A la Paille Which they are to do when the drum beats a charge and to return on its second beating with their swords in their hands and holding them above their head when every one is returned to his place And when they are returned Return your swords Handle your arms The Pike-men take their Pikes out of the ground Shoulder your musket The pikes advance All sorts of change of Filings Take care in all changes of fillings that the files be of even number and if there be found any supernumerary files let them be formed into ranks in the rere of the Division Observe that when the Divisions file off in the places where they turn by a quarterly conversion all the Ranks turn towards the place they first turned to taking care to follow the file-leader step by step For this purpose the Serjeants of the Division shall stand still in the place it ought to turn to untill the last Rank be passed and filed off When they file off on a bridge before an Enemy after the loose men have passed the body must be filed off by Rank by the center They must make quarter conversions and half conversions Manner of Firing The best way of firing is by Rank when you would fire in a parallel line with the Enemy For this purpose to fire with less trouble it is good to do it standing firm your ground without any motion save that of making the five first Ranks kneel and let the sixth be the first that fires then the fifth rising up does the like and so the rest in order All the Ranks before the skirmish renews must be closed up to six foot distance When a firing is to be maintained by a loose body either at the passage of a River a narrow way or a Retreat files of musketiers must be drawn off from the right and left who are always to be commanded by Officers thereto appointed And till they come to be returned to their body they are still to be lead by those Officers When you march in Division the easier to draw into a body as you march you must divide into three bodies two of muskets and that of pikes and so without losing time the three may joyn together In these motions the fronts must march slowly to give leasure to those that double to joyn without hurry They may likewise file off in marching in the same manner observing likewise that the front mends its pace and the body still slacken theirs but without halting When the Regiment is embatteled and that you would draw off the Companies to lay down their arms or return to their quarters you must cause the two wings of muskets to move and the pikes remain behind till those bodies of muskets still inclining close to the right and left and are joyned in convenient ground that the pikes of each Company are in the rere of their muskets and then they may march off without losing time each Officer being in his post FINIS