Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	distance_n	double_a	file_n	5,671	5	13.6545	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89548	A compleat schoole of vvarre: or, A direct way for the ordering and exercising of a foot company: whereby may bee attained with ease, the perfection both of musket and pyke in short time. Now, as most necessary; thought fit to be set forth for a generall good. By an expert commander, R.M.	R. M.	1642 (1642)	Wing M71; Thomason E116_13; ESTC R11696	6,009	8

A COMPLEAT SCHOOLE OF VVARRE OR A direct way for the Ordering and Exercising of a Foot Company Whereby may bee attained with ease the perfection both of Musket and Pyke in short time Now as most necessary thought fit to be set forth for a generall good By an expert Commander R. M. Printed at London for Richard Harper at the Bible and Harp in Smithfield 1642. The Order for exercising of a Foot COMPANIE STand right in your Files Stand right in your Rankes Silence To the right Hand As you were Note when you are commanded to be as you were you are ever to turn to the contrary hand from whence you came To the left hand As you were As you were Rankes to the left hand double To the right hand about As you were As you were Files to the right hand double To the left hand about As you were As you were Files to the left hand double Rankes to the right hand double As you were Halfe Files to the right hand double your Front As you were Halfe Files to the left hand double your Front As you were Rankes to the right hand Counter-march When you will Counter-march to the right hand the first Rank of Leaders onely must advance one step forward with the right leg and then turne and all the other Rankes must march first up to the place from whence the first Ranke did counter-march before they turned Rankes to the left hand counter-march Observe that if you will now counter-march to the left hand the first ranke must step forward one step with the left leg and then turne and all the other ranks behinde must come up to that place before they turne where the Serjeant stands Observations before you wheele If you will wheele to the right hand you must double your rankes to the left and if you wheele to the left you must double to the right Rankes to the right hand double Files close to the right hand to your close order Rankes close up to your swords point Note that when you will wheele to the right hand that the Leader of the right hand File must keep his Musket Rest fixt to the ground and must onely turn his body without losing of any ground and also the left hand Leader if you wheel to the left To the right hand wheel Or to the left hand wheele Having wheeled to bring them in their former order you must use these wor●s of Command First to the rankes that were closed to the swords point Rankes backward to your double distance of twelve foot Open your Files to the left hand to your order of three foot And then speaking to the Rankes that were first doubled Rankes as you were Having performed the former motions you may afterwards exercise your Company of Pikes and Muskettiers together or each a part To begin with the Pikes you may command them to doe these motions standing viz. Advance your Pikes Order your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes Charge your Pikes Order your Pikes Traile your Pikes Cheeke your Pikes But these motions are to be performed both standing and marching vi● Charge your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes To the right hand charge Shoulder your Pikes To the left hand charge Shoulder your Pikes To the Reere charge Shoulder your Pikes Comport your Pikes Charge your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes Stand. Charge under hand Charge your Pikes at the foo● Shoulder your Pikes Order your Pikes 1. First note that in charging halfe the Rankes onely must charge their Pikes the other hindmost halfe of the Rankes doe but port their Pikes that is they carry them so couched over the heads of the foremost as any give them no offence in charging or retiring Besides this way the Pikes are not so subject to broken by the shot of the enemy as when they are advanced 2. They must likewise observe when they charge standing to fall backe with the right legge and marching to step forward with the rest 3. The exercising of your Muskettiers is likewise performed either standing or marching that is either by Rankes or Files after three manner of wayes alwayes blowing your Match moving your right leg foremost when you are ready to present 1. Having an enemy in your front 2. In your Reere 3. Upon your right or left hand Flanke Note also that the first Ranke falling backe with their right legges lies on gives fire and the first Ranke falling away the second in Ranke presenting having their pans guarded blowes their matches open their pan and step forward with their right legges into the place of the first ranke lies on gives fire and fall away whiles the rest of the body of Muskettiers move up to their places and so two rankes at a time making ready you may give fire so often as you list Observe that in charging of an enemy that the right hand wing fall off the right hand and the left hand wing to the left and the officers are to give the same word of command The Muskettiers are to have a singular care to carry the mouthes of their Muskets aloft as well when they are shouldred as in priming as also when they keep their pans guarded and come up to give fire Moreover if an enemy should appeare on either your right or left Flanke and that you resolve to maintaine your ground and would gall him from either Flanke it is performed by giving first this word of command To the Right or left hand which you please and then making an intervall of six foot distance betweene the middlemost Leaders of the halfe Files for the halfe Ranke on the left hand doe fall away between the Files to the Reere before the Pikes and the halfe Ranke on the right hand on the right Flanke likewise you may give fire from either or both flankes so often as you list Againe if an enemy should shew himselfe in your Reere the like is done by this terme of direction To the right hand about And having given fire upon them fall away to the place where the Front stood even in the same manner as you did before In advancing towards an enemy two Rankes must alwayes make ready together and advance ten paces forwards before the bodies at which distance a Serjeant or when the body is great some other Officer must stand to whom the Muskettiers must come before they present and give fire fir●●●he first Ranke and while the first Ranke gives fire the second keep their Muskets close to their rests and their pans guarded and as soone as the first are fallen away the second presently presents gives fire and fall after them Now as soone as the first Rankes doe move from their places in the fro●● the two Rankes next it must undershoulder their Muskets and make ready so as they may advance forward ten paces as before as soon as ever the two first ranks are fallen away and are to do in all points as the former so all the other Rankes through the whole Company or

Division must do the same by twooes one after another A way how to give fire retreating from an enemy As the troop marcheth the hind most ranke of all keeping still with the troop maketh ready and being ready the souldiers in that rank turne all together to the right hand and give fire marching presently away a good round pace to the front and there place themselves in ranks together just before the front as soon as the first rank turne to give fire the rank next it make ready and doth as the former and so all the rest Last of all● the troop or wing of Muskettiers make ready all together standing and the first without advancing gives fire in the place it stands in and speedily as may be yet orderly falls away all the rankes doing the same successively one after another A manner how to give fire either from the right or left hand flanke The company or division marching the outmost File next the enemy are commanded to make ready keeping still along with the body till such time as they be ready and then they turn all to the right or left hand according to the sight of their enemy either upon the right or left flank and give fire all together when they have discharged they stirre not but keep their ground and charge their peeces again in the same place they stand Now as soon as the aforesaid File doth turn to give fire the outmost next it makes ready alwayes keeping along with the troop till the bringers up bee past a little beyond the Leader of that File that gave fire last and then the whole File must turne and give fire and doe in all points as the first did and so all the rest one after another A Serjeant or if the troop be great some better qualified Officer must stand at the head of the first File and as soone as the second File hath given fire and hath charged he is to lead forwards the first file up to the second file and so to the rest one after another till he hath gathered up again the whole wing and then he is to joyn● them again in equall front with the Pikes The manner of ordering a Regiment If there be ten Companies in a Regiment consisting of 1000. or 1200. men they must be drawne into two Divisions five Companies in one Division and because it is not sit that the eldest Captaines should be all in one division they are thus divided viz. Colonel Leivtenant Colonel 1. 4. 5. 7. 3. 6. Sergeant Major ● The first Captaines company next to the Colonels company 2. The second Captains company the left hand of the second division 3. The third next the Serjeant Major in the first division 4. The fourth next the Lievtenant Colonel in the second division 5. The fifth in the middle of the first division 6. The sixth next the second Captaine in the second division 7. The seventh next the fourth in the second division The Serjeants are to march upon the flanke of the divisions as neere as they can to their owne men to keep them in their rank and from straggling The Drummers betwixt the third and fourth rankes But if the Regiment march in battaile then in the flankes of the Regiment as equall with the third rank in the Front and also to the third rank to the Reere and so likewise in the flankes of the Pikes The demonstration of Places in a Regiment The first Captaine leads the Van of the Pikes The second the Reere of the Pikes The third the first division of Muskettiers The Colonels Captaine shall lead in the Vangard of the Muskettiers in the right wing upon the left hand of the third Captaine The first Lievtenant to lead the second division of Muskettiers The second to bring up the Reere of all The third to lead up the second division of Pikes The fourth to bring up the right wing of Muskettiers But because the absence of Captaines may be such as the Regiment may want the principal places of leading it is in the Colonels will to dispose of the places of leading as he shall finde fitting The Serjeant Major of every Regiment to have a speciall care before the Regiment moves out of the quarter to call upon the Captaines for their old men of every company to make files of them and for the overplus which cannot be above 7. in number shall march in the Reere of the Regiment before the Officer that brings up the Regiment not disbanding themselves Upon the very motion that the Drummes begin to beat a march the hindmost rankes shall march forward together as well as the first rankes that the hindmost ranks need not run or march away faster then the foremost The distance between the ranks in marching shall be six foot distance one from the other so that the but ends of the Pikes shall almost touch the heels of them that march before them The files shall be no more then three foot distance one from the other When a Regiment marcheth in division then the halfe of the Muskettiers shall march before the pikes and the pikes in the midst and the other halfe of the Muskettiers to be in the Reere of the pikes Observing well that they must march ten in front at the least if the way bee sit thereunto keeping alwaies their distances both in rank file as aforesaid The Officer that shall lead any part of the Regiment shall take up no more place then the space of a rank which is 6. foot to the end they may follow one another the better and so neither lose time nor place As for the officer that shal march after any part of the regiment or division he shall follow the last rank of them that march before him observing likewise the distance of six foot to the end that betwixt him and the officer that shall lead any part or division of the regiment following there may be likewise six foot and so between the first and second division there must bee 18. foot distance If the regiment be divided and led in two troops the second division of the regiment shall follow the first about the distance of ten or twelve paces and no larger The distances between the regiments that march one after another shall be 18. or 20. paces to wit 6. foot for the officer that marcheth in the Reere of the regiment and six foot for the officer that leads in the front of the next regiment and the rest of the places between both the officers aforesaid And where there is roome enough the regiment shall march close and in one body observing evermore the distance of rankes and files aforesaid Between every 5. files at be most and between every 3. files at the least of Muskettiers they shall leave a space of six foot broad keeping as much as possibly may be the Muskettiers of one company together not marching but in fight When the regiment stands in battaile and that the regiment consists of two divisions each division shall be 50. foot distant one from another And the Muskettiers of a regiment being more in number then the pikes and consequently falling out broader then the front or division of pikes they shall close inward towards both the Troops of the pikes which stand before them But if so the number of Muskettiers be too great and that by reason of the intervals or the spaces of six foot that are to bee made betweene them for their number having no place to fall or close inward without touching one another then the two Troops of Muskettiers on both sides of the Pikes after whom they stand shall fall outward The Ensignes of every regiment are to march with their Colours in the front 6 foot before the pikes when they move in a body and in this parodo to bee alwayes ready to veile their Colours when the Generall passeth by but when they march in battell as command shall bee given all the Ensignes of each Division are to goe downe before the fourth and fifth Ranke but the Colonels own Colours to flye in the second Ranke the same to bee done in the second Division If you come to charge with an enemy then for good reasons let the Colonels Colours fall back to the rest If the Lord Generall passeth by make the body move their faces either in Flanke or Reere which way he passeth That no Wagons shall be suffered to passe between the Regiments or Division only each Colonell one which is to march in the front of his Regiment and the Commander of every Tertia to have two in the head of every Tertia besides one of their owne wagons in the head of their owne Regiment and if their own Regiment have the Vangurd of the Tertia then they are to have three wagons And for the wagons of the Captaines to march in the Reere of the Army in their Signiority according as their Colonels march that day and are to be so ordered by the Garriage Master And when the whole Army is thus marched and at any time shall come to make a stand either at noon tide to eat and repo●● or at even tide to rest till the Quarter be made then the Tertia shall be led up to the places all three in front each Regiment in division one after another at fifty foot and each Regiment at an hundred foot and each Tertia distant in flanke from other about 150 foot somtime if the ground would give in then the two divisions of each Regiment shall stand in front and so the Regiments following in that order and also in this order conformable all the three Tertias side by side and so shall all the Cannons and Wagons front up in this wise in breadth that traine may be shortned in a neere compasse which is done to keep the Army close and in farre distance in the Reere This order is to be observed especially as the Generall shall finde fitting to give command for it or otherwise not FINIS