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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	file_n	foot_n	pike_n	2,184	5	12.6982	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48253	The military duties of the officers of cavalry containing the way of exercising the horse according to the practice of this present time : the motions of horse, the function of the several officers, from the chief captain to the brigadeer / written originally in French by the Sieur de la Fontaine, ingineer in ordinary to the most Christain king and translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war as it is practised in France, by A.L.	La Fontaine, sieur de.; Lovell, Archibald.	1678 (1678)	Wing L178; ESTC R32445	50,400	157

caracol face about to the right By half file face about to the right and left To draw up in Haye By half ranks to the right and left draw up in hay to the front To reduce them again By Caracol to the right and left as ye were By half rank and by Caracol to the right and left draw up in hay to the rear To the front as we were By half rank to the right and left draw up in hay By Caracol to the right and left as ye were By Caracol to the right draw up in hay By Caracol to the left as we were How Horse are to fire Horse must fire by ranks and by files and are to detach by Caracol gaining the hand if possibly they can that is to say using their endeavours to have the enemy on the right hand They should detach at a trot then put on to a gallop and having discharged return to their bringers up It is to be observed likewise that they should detach by the right wing wheeling by Caracol to the left and by that means they will have the Enemy on the right hand The rank may fire by the front and draw off by caracolling to the right and left They may be made to fire by ranks by conversion and alwayes fall back to the bringers up of the squadron Horse may fire by files but in that case the squadron ought to be six or eight in depth making the right wing-wing-file detach by caracolling to the left and having discharged fall back again by the same order to the place from whence they advanced So that Horse may fire in the same manner as Foot How to fight in a retreat To fight in a retreat some small parties backed by greater bodies are sent off and if it be thought convenient that they should discharge then these small parties shall make use of the orders of drawing up in Hay each party firing at the same time and retreating by the help and assistance of the other small parties who ought to second them till afterward obeying the same orders again they come to the assistance of those that seconded them How to make Horse file off On the right wing file off by ranks On the left wing form the squadron File off by ranks on the left wing Form the squadron on the right File off by three files On the left wing form the squadron I think it more convenient to file off by files than by ranks since that three files make a squadron which one rank does not CHAP. II. How Horse are to fight against Horse HE that commands the Squadron must know who they are he is to fight to wit if they be Gend'arms Light-horse Dragoons or Musketeers because the two former of these are to be attacked by the left wing and the others by the right H. A Fight of Horse against Horse We have told you that in fighting ●gainst Dragoons and other Musketeers they must be Attacked on the ●●ght wing which is a considerable ●dvantage being taken seasonably ●or it is getting the hand of those against whom we fight How Horse are to fight against Foot When Cavalrie has a design to At●ack a Battallion of Foot before ●hey come within Musket-shot the Cavalrie must have received their Orders sending off some out-riders who ought to advance streight against ●he Plotons or small Skirmishing bo●ies receiving their fire and vigour●usly to force them in disorder to re●reat towards the Pikes o r towards ●he Center of the Battallion and at ●hat time the Squadron should ad●ance by depth Caracolling and En●aging the Battallion by one of the Angles charging the Pikes and ●assing sidewayes by them and not advancing streight towards them otherwayes out of every Troop there may be three or four detached in a File which ought to advance at a gallop and so soon as they come within Musket-shot charge the Plotons and afterward by Caracol pass by the Front and wings obliging the Battallion to charge to the Horse at the same time the Squadron ought to follow Charging on the angle o● the Battallion setting on the Pikes by the flank and in that manner the Battallion is to be broken It is to be observed that Horse should alwayes have their files closed and not their ranks Foot may likewise be fought in the following order making a double Squadron and when they approach within Musket-shot the squadron i● to be divided by half ranks into fou● Troops and by Caracol to the right and left the two first should pass o● the front and on one of the wings the third ought to Charge streight on the angle or according as occasion requires Attack the Pikes side-wayes whether it be on the front or flank and then the fourth Troop should make good what the third could not It is to be observed that so soon as the Horse are within ten paces of the Battallion they ought to fire and at the same time draw their swords How Foot are to fight against Foot If a Regiment of Foot marching in an Enemies Country find a Regiment of the Enemies in an advantagious Post which hinders their march the Regiment that is to pass must use endeavours to draw the Enemy to an Engagement making as if they intended to retreat that they may allure them out of their Post and having drawn them out into a convenient ground they are to face about to the right and march towards the Enemy in order of Battel and advancing two steps shall let flie their Pistols and return to their ranks then all the Musketeers shall fire three ranks together at the same time drawing their Swords and presenting the Pikes and all the Companies being engaged pell-mell should fight til● the one be overcome and ask Quarters The figure A clearly represents the way of fighting How Squadrons are to be detached and formed at the same time The Horse are to Caracol to the right and left and open the half rank then form the Squadron fifty in Front By Caracols to the right and left open your half Ranks and form the Squadron fifty a breast fronting about to the Rear How Squadrons are to be formed They are to double on the left Wing by three Ranks and on the same Front with the first There are two things to be observed when the Squadron is formed and that the Front is to be changed into any other place whatsoever to do it by Caracols or to do it by Conversion by half-ranks or Quarter-ranks if by Conversion but if by Caracol it is done in a whole body Two Troops that can Squadron themselves together to form their Squadrons in the order of a march if they march in the same Front the first should take the right and the other the left hand and in that order march If they desire to form the Squadron the Troop on the right hand should advance about twenty paces and reduce themselves to three in depth That which holds the left in its

to go to the Governours House at the hour appointed for opening of the Gates The Aid-Major if any be and the Captain of the Gates should likewise go at the same hour to the Governours House and the hour for opening the Gates being come if the Governour call not the Major to speak with him the Major should let him know that he waits for the Keys that he may go open the Gates The Governour or in his absence the Commander do commonly call the Major into their Chamber where they discourse of the matters which the Major has observed the night before upon his round which he ought to relate truly to the Governour without adding or diminishing any thing Having made his report he is to give the Governour the Roll containing the number of Officers Escouades and Souldiers of each Escouade who the day before mounted the Guard on the place of Arms underneath that Roll the Major ought to write down the extract of the same Escouades the number of Souldiers of each Escouade and if he found the Officers at their Posts and Courts of Guard when he went his round which extract and Roll the Major ought to give to the Governour to the end that he may know if the same number of Officers and Souldiers who mounted the Guard have continued on the Rampart and in the Court of Guard that fell to them by lot Having given the extract of the Rampart and Parade he is to ask the Governour if there be any new Commands to be given at the Gates besides the usual If he say there are none the Major is to take the Keys and deliver them to the Captain of the Gates who gives them to his servant afterward they go to the Gate where being arrived the Major asks the Officer of the Guards if there be any news If the Officer tell him that there is nothing that may hinder the opening of the Gate he shall bid the Officer draw down the next Escouades that are upon the Rampart and those of the Court of Guard who come commonly to the opening of it and whilst the Serjeants or Corporals come down from the Rampart and that they draw up their men in Haye on the right and left in the street as far as the Gate the Major ought to go upon the Rampart to see if any Countrey people be come to the Gate If there be any he ought to ask them from whence they come and what Villages they belong to and endeavour to find out if they speak truth In a word if the Major see nothing that may justly delay the opening of the Gate he is to come down from the Rampart and seeing all the Souldiers in Arms with lighted matches and the Officer at their head he is to Command the Porter to open the Gates which he is instantly to open and as the leaves of the Gate are opening he is to make the Guard draw out in File as far as the furthermost draw-Bridge presenting their Arms. If the Officer of the Guard be not at the Court of Guard the Major is to cause him to be sought for for to open the Gate without him is as great a fault in the Major as in the Officer for not being on his duty This being done before the Guard lay down their Arms he is to make all the people and Cattel that are in the street march out and when all are gone out he shall cause those that are without come in one after another and if there be any Carts or Waggons laden with Forage he is to Command them to be search'd though he have but little or no suspicion of them When the Governour with the Keys gives the Major any new Order and it be something extraordinary and not put in practice the day before the Major is to acquaint the Officer of the Guard with it but if he have received no order he is to bid the Officer Command his Souldiers to lay down their Arms and tell him that he has no new Orders and that there is no more to be done but what is usual which he is not obliged to inform him of because that the Officer when he enters into his Post and relieves the Officer that comes off the Guard ought to ask him and make him tell him plainly all things that have been told him by the Officer whom he last relieved that he may punctually obey them The Major being returned with the Captain of the Gates who causes the Keys to be carried to the Governours House he is to acquaint the Governour with all that is done and with what he hath learnt at the opening of the Gate When in one place there are several Gates which are opened the same day the Major shall send his Aid to open the other or the Captain of the Gates if there be no Aid-Major and give him the same Orders that he hath received from the Governour all the Gates being opened the Major has the rest of the day for himself until that the Escouades and all the Companies who are to mount the Guard be come together on the place of Arms whither the Major with his Aids should go and being come there he is to draw aside on the place of Arms and being sate down there with a Drum before him and having his Roll of the Guards which mount day by day and his Counters or lots in a purse he is to send his Aid to the head of the Guard to bid the Serjeants and Corporals come and draw their Posts He should have already written down in his Register of Guards the day of the week and month underneath he should have placed the names of all the Courts of Guard and the number of the Escouades that he uses to send to every one of them and at the same time that the Serjeants and Corporals draw the Major writes the name of the Company to which the Escouade belongs for instance if it has been the custom to send six Escouades to the Gate of Paris and eight to the Gate of St. Anthony he puts six Counters or Lots into a Hat on which he writes Gate of Paris and eight more on which he writes Gate of St. Anthony and so for other Gates and Posts observing to put in neither fewer nor more Lots than there are Posts to be supplied and Escouades to be sent because otherways it would breed confusion The Post being drawn and all the Guards in Arms the Files and Ranks are to be put in good order each according to their rank to which the Aid-Majors should take heed as likewise the Majors of the Regiments This being done the Major comes to the head of the Batallion to meet the Officers that are to mount the Guard and if there be two Captains-Posts he presents to them two Lots whereon are written the names of the two Posts without being seen by them or otherways he puts them into a Hat and prays them to draw He does the same