Musqueteers marked with the letter D to turn to their left hands Then command the four ranks of Musqueteers which are now files to march forwards and meet in the reer of the Pikes Then command those Musqueteers which did before turn to their right hands to turn to their right hands again and those Musqueteers which did turn to their left hands to turn to their left hands again and file even with the Pikes Then command the two middlemost ranks of Musqueteers which are left of both the Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C and D to march forward and front even with the Musqueteers in the front of the Pikes Then command the Division of Horse marked with the letter H to close their ranks and files to their close Order and the Division of Pikes marked with the letter B and the two ranks of Musqueteers which are now in the reer of the Pikes to close their ranks and files to their close order The same words of Command and Order must be observed by the two Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters GF as is here set down and observed by the two Divisions of Musqueteers C and D. And these words of Command which are here set down will bring the former figure marked with the letters ABCDEFG into the form and order of this following figure marked with the letters HIKLMNOPQRS By the words of Command which are before set down the Musqueteers in the former figure marked with the letters ABCDEFG are brought into this order and form as you see them in the figure marked with the letters HIKLMNOPQRS Now what order this figure marked with the foregoing letters is in I will here declare unto you The Division of Horse marked with the letter H is threescore in front and three deep who are now at their close order in rank and file the which is a foot and half in file and six in rank Likewise the two Divisions of Pikes marked with the letters I and O on the flanks and the four ranks of Musqueteers in the reer of the Pikes marked with the letters L and Q are at their close order in rank and file the which is one foot and an half in file and three in rank Also the three ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letters MKNRPS are at their order in rank and file the which is three foot in file and six in rank These twelve ranks of Musqueteers which are in the front stand ready to advance with the rest of the Horse and Foot against an Enemy and to be commanded to make ready and give fire on the Enemies Horse or Foot as occasion shall serve as you see them in the figures marked with the letters M K N R P S. When these twelve ranks of Musqueteers which are in the front are commanded to give fire upon the Enemy you must command them to do it in this manner Command the twelve ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letters M K N R P S to make ready being ready command them to present the which you must command them to do after this manner Let the first six ranks of Musqueteers before spoken of present kneeling upon their right knees then let the six last ranks of the former twelve ranks of Musqueteers move up close to the first six ranks of Musqueteers which are presenting and kneeling on their right knees Then command all the Musqueteers in the six last ranks to step forward with their right legs within the in-side of their Leaders right legs and step forward with their left legs close up to their Leaders left legs without-side of their Leaders left legs presenting their Musquet over their Leaders heads in the first ranks The twelve ranks of Musqueteers marked with the Letters M K N R P S being thus presented as is here set down command them to give fire together and when they have given fire command them to advance easily with the rest of the Foot and Horse and make ready again and give fire after the same manner again as is before spoken of and so often as you please The four ranks of Musqueteers which are in the reer of the two Divisions of Pikes marked with the letters L and Q will serve if any of your Musqueteers in the front shall be hurt or slain Now I have shewed you how the Musqueteers in the Divisions of Foot which are to fight on the flanks of each Division of Horse in a day of Battel are to give fire on the Enemies Horse I will now shew you in the next figure marked with the figures of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 how the Musqueteers shall be sheltered by the Pikes from the Enemies Horse when they shall charge the Divisions of Foot which are on the flanks of each Division of Horse But first I will set down the way how you shall bring the Musqueteers in the former figure marked with the letters M N R S to the order as you shall see them in this following figure marked with the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. You must command the two ranks of Musqueteers six in front and two deep on the right hand Division of Foot marked with the letter M to turn to their left hands and command an Officer to lead them down on the right hand flank of the Division of Pikes marked with the letter I keeping one foot and an half distance from the right hand file of the aforesaid Division of Pikes until he bring the two men that were the left hand men of the two ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letter M even with the bringers up of the right hand file of the Division of Pikes marked with the Letter I. Then command them to turn to their right hands about and close their ranks and files to their close order After that command the two ranks of Musqueteers six in front and two deep on the left hand of the aforesaid Division of Pikes marked with the letter N command I say those two ranks of Musqueteers to turn to their right hands and command an Officer to lead them down on the left hand on the left hand flank of the Division of Pikes marked with the letter I keeping one foot and an half distance from the left hand file of the Division of Pikes marked with the letter I until he bringeth the two men that were the right hand men of the two ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letter N even with the bringers up of the left hand file of the Division of Pikes marked with the letter I. Then command the two files of Musqueteers the which were before ranks which you have drawn down on the left hand flank of the Division of Pikes marked with the letter I to turn to their right hands about then command them to close their ranks and files to their close order The same order must be observed with the four ranks of Musqueteers six in front
and two deep marked with the letters R and S on the right and left hand of the left hand Division of Pikes marked with the letter O as is here before set down for the four ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letters M and N. Then command the four ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letters K and P to close their ranks and files to their close order And these words of Command before set down will bring the former figure marked with the letters I K L M N O P Q R S to the order of this figure marked with the figures of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. By these words of Command before set down you see the Musqueteers marked with the letters M N R S P K in the figure before this former figure are now brought into this order as you see them in this figure before marked with the figures of 5 6 11 12 9 3 under shelter of the Pikes The Musqueteers and Pikes being at their close order standing in a readiness to receive a charge from Horse and the Pikes to shelter the Musqueteers every way upon occasion from the force of the Horse The figure marked with the figure 1 is a Division of Horse threescore in front and three deep being at their close order The way how the Musqueteers shall be sheltred by the Pikes from Horse I will here declare unto you Command the two right hand files and the two left hand files of the Division of Pikes marked with the figure 2 the which Division of Pikes is twelve files of Pikes and six deep to charge to their right and left hands the two right hand files to the right hand and the two left hand files of Pikes to the left hand over the shoulders of the Musqueteers on the right and left hand marked with the figures 5 and 6 commanding these four files of Musqueteers marked with the aforesaid two figures to turn to their right and left hands When the two right hand files and the two left hand files of Pikes of the figure marked with the figure 2 are commanded to charge to the right and left hands then command the other eight files of Pikes of the figure 2 which have not as yet charged their Pikes I say command the three first ranks of those eight files to charge their Pikes to the front over the shoulders of the Musqueteers marked with the figure 3. Then command the three last ranks of Pikes of the eight files of Pikes to charge to the reer over the shoulders of the two ranks of Musqueteers marked with the figure 4. And these two ranks of Musqueteers in the reer marked with the figure 4 must observe to turn to their right hands about when the Pikes are commanded to charge to the reer The same Order and words of Command the which are here set down for the right hand Division of Foot marked with the figures 2 3 4 5 6 7 must be observed by the Officers of the left hand Division of Foot marked with the figures 7 8 9 10 11 12. The Musqueteers which are placed without-side of the Pikes marked with the figures 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 must stand ready with their Matches Cocks and Pans guarded and ready to give fire either by one rank at a time or two ranks as the Officers shall see occasion to command them which must be done after this manner If you command only the outermost ranks to give fire then must you command them to present kneeling on their right knees and command them to level so low that they shoot at the Horse legs and by that means they will shoot clear under the tops of your Pikes being charged If you please to command two ranks of Musqueteers to give fire at one time the Musqueteers being ready to present command your Pikemen to port their Pikes then command all your Musqueteers to present the first rank of Musqueteers kneeling on their right knees the second rank of Musqueteers must move up close to the first rank of Musqueteers every Musqueteer in the second rank stepping forward with his right leg within the inside of their Leaders right legs and step forwards with their left legs close up by their Leaders left legs without-side of their Leaders left legs and so present their Musquets over their Leaders heads After the Musqueteers in the first rank have thus presented command them to give fire then may you if occasion serve command your Pikemen to charge their Pikes again and your Musqueteers to make ready again But here some may object that if any one of these two Divisions of Foot marked with the figures 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 should be charged by Horse several ways at once then the four corners of the Division of Foot will be ill defended by reason that the two outermost files of Pikes to the right and left hand are charging to their right and left hands so by this means they conceive the four corners of the Division of Foot will be left naked for want of Pikes to defend them To prevent this objection the Captains Lieutenants and Serjeants ought to be placed on the four corners of a Division of Foot with the Musqueteers as you see them in this foregoing figure marked with the figure 7. For you must understand that each little long stroke at the corners of the Division of Foot standeth for an Officer Now all the Captains that command the Foot on the flanks of each Division of Horse in a day of Battel ought to have Pikes and the Lieutenants and Serjeants ought to have Partizans and Halberts of eleven foot in length In this Service against the Horse are two chief things that the Commanders of the Foot who command any Foot amongst the Horse in a day of Battel ought to give their Souldiers a strict charge to observe the first is that the Musqueteers when they are to give fire should always take aim at the Horses legs The second observation is that your Pikemen charge their Pikes against the Horses and not against the Horsemen when the Foot are charged by Horse and that your Pikemen charge not their Pikes until the Enemies Horses are come within forty paces of your Foot If you fight Foot among your Horse on the flank of your Army as you see them placed in these two figures before marked with the letters HIKLMNOPQRS and the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Then you must observe when your Enemies Horse come to charge your Horse or the Foot on the flanks of your Division of Horse that your Divisions of Horse move not from the two Divisions of Foot on their flanks unless your Enemies Horse be put to the retreat but to keep an even front with the two Divisions of Foot on their flanks and receive their Enemies Charge keeping the aforesaid order But in case your Enemies Horse rout any one of the
may charge an Enemy three several ways with a Division of Horse of three hundred in strength being sub-divided as you see them in this foregoing figure whereas you can charge an Enemy but one way with a Division of Horse of three hundred in strength being all in one body The first of the three ways to charge your Enemy with a Division of Horse of three hundred in strength and sub-divided is in this manner when a Division of Horse thus sub-divided into five equal parts cometh within forty paces of your Enemies Division of Horse which they are to charge then let the two sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters D and H advance and charge their Enemies Division of Horse on the flanks and then let the other three sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters E F G advance and charge their Enemy in the front of their Division at the same time The second way is this when you come within forty paces of your Enemies Division of Horse then command the three sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters D â— H to advance upon a trot and charge their Enemy then command the other two sub-divisions marked with the letters E and G to follow upon an easie pace until they see that the three sub-divisions marked with the letters D F H be mingled with their Enemy Then let the two sub-divisions marked with the letters E and G have order to advance upon a good round trot and charge their Enemy The third way of charging your Enemy is to command the five sub-divisions of Horse marked the letters D E F G H to charge the Enemy together in an even front And I account either of these three ways better to charge a Division of the Enemies Horse to rout them than to charge a Division of the Enemies Horse with a Division of three hundred Horse in one Body together without being sub-divided CHAP. XV. By the following Figures are declared what Strength each Division of Foot ought to be to Fight a Battel and Encounter with Foot and the order that must be observed for doing the same and how they shall easily and readily be in order to defend themselves against the charge of any Horse FOR Field-Service you must observe to have as many Pikes as Musqueteers amongst your Foot and each Division of Foot ought to be two hundred eighty eight in strength half Pikemen and half Musqueteers and you must rank your men but six deep so that in the Division of two hundred eighty eight men there will be four and twenty files of Pikes and four and twenty files of Musqueteers six deep The order that they must be drawn into to be in readiness to fight with Foot and to defend themselves against Horse shall be declared unto you by the following figures But in the first place I will shew you the order that these four and twenty files of Pikes and four and twenty files of Musqueteers must be drawn into The first order that the aforesaid two hundred eighty eight men must be drawn into is as you shall see them in this following figure marked with the figures 1 2 3 and the distance that they are at in rank and file is their Order The figure marked with the figure 1 is a Division of Pikes of four and twenty files six deep The six ranks of small pricks marked with the figure 2 are a Division of Musqueteers consisting of twelve files six deep And the like are six ranks of pricks on the left hand of the Division of Pikes figured with the figure 3. Now the way that you must observe to bring these four and twenty files of Pikes and four and twenty files of Musqueteers into the order as you see them in the following figure marked with the letters A B C is by these words of Command Command the three first ranks of Musqueteers of the two Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the figures 2 and 3 to march forward till the last ranks of Musqueteers of both the Divisions of Musqueteers have marched twelve feet beyond the first ranks of Pikes Then command them to stand and cause the three ranks of Musqueteers at the left hand to turn to their right hands and the three ranks of Musqueteers on the right hand to turn to their left hands Then command them to march forward and joyn together before the Division marked with the letter A. Then command the Musqueteers which before you commanded to turn to their left hands now to turn to their right hands and those Musqueteers that you commanded before to turn to their right hands command them to turn to their left hands Then file the Musqueteers that you have brought before the front of the Pikes even with the files of Pikes Then command the other six ranks of Musqueteers on the right and left hand of the Division of Pikes to advance forwards and front with the Musqueteers which are in the front of the Pikes leaving eighteen foot distance between the Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C and B and B and D as you see them in this following figure marked with the letters A B C D and the distance that they are at in rank and file is their Order The figure marked with the letter A is a Division of Pikes consisting of four and twenty files six deep The three ranks of small pricks marked with the letter B are four and twenty files of Musqueteers three deep The three ranks of small pricks marked with the letter C are twelve files of Musqueteers three deep the like are the three ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letter D. And the Musqueteers standing in this order as you see them in this foregoing figure marked with the letters B C D are now in a readiness to give fire on an Enemy Now the way that the Musqueteers must observe in firing on their Enemy is thus Command both your Pikemen and Musqueteers to shoulder their Arms and march together in the same order as you see them in the foregoing figure marked with the letters A B C D commanding the three Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters B C D to make ready and when the Musqueteers are all ready command the two first ranks of Musqueteers in the aforesaid three Divisions of Musqueteers to present The three first ranks of the three Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C B D must present kneeling upon their right knees The second ranks of the aforesaid Divisions of Musqueteers must march up close to the three first ranks of Musqueteers which are presenting on their right knees every Musqueteer in the second rank stepping forwards with their right legs within the in side of their Leaders right legs and then step forwards with their left legs close up to their Leaders left legs without-side of their legs and present their Musquets over their Leaders heads in their first ranks And after the two first ranks of Musqueteers of the three
Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C B D have thus presented command them to give fire together And when these Musqueteers before spoken of have fired let the three first ranks of the three Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C B D remain kneeling on their right knees Then command the second ranks of the three Divisions of Musqueteers to kneel upon their right knees as close to their Leaders right knees as they can Then command the last ranks of the three Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C B D to march up to their Leaders stepping with their right legs within side of their Leaders right knees and step forwards with their left legs without side their Leaders left legs and present their Musquets over their Leaders heads and then command them to give fire After the last rank of the three Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C B D have fired command the two first ranks of Musqueteers of the aforesaid three Divisions of Musqueteers which are kneeling to stand up commanding your Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter A and the three Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters C B D to march on easily and make ready again and when they are ready let them give fire in the same order as they did before This order of marching and giving fire must be observed by all the other Divisions of Foot that are to fight in the Body of an Army Or if you approve not of the way of Musqueteers firing as is here set down you may subdivide them after the old manner and so command them to give fire The order that this Division of foot marked with the letters A B C D must observe to defend themselves against Horse is after this manner as you shall see them placed in the next figure marked with the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 And the way to bring the three Divisions of Musqueteers and one of Pikes marked with the letters A B C D to the order of the figure following marked with the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 is done after this manner You must command the last rank of Musqueteers of the Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter B to turn to their right hands then command an Officer to draw them away on one side of the right hand file of the Pikes and draw them in between the third and fourth ranks of Pikes marked with the letter A. Then command your Pikemen to advance their Pikes and close their files and ranks to their close order Then command the Division of Pikes to advance forward till they come within three feet of the last rank of Musqueteers which are in the front of the Pikes Then command the two last ranks of the Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter C to turn to their left hands Then command the two last ranks of the Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letter D to turn to their right hands Then command two Officers to lead these four files of Musqueteers which were before four ranks into the reer of the Pikes marked with the letter A the which four files are there to meet and joyn together in the reer of the Pikes Then command those Musqueteers which did before turn to their left hands to turn to their right hands and those Musqueteers which before turned to their right hands to turn to their left hands Then command the first rank of Musqueteers which is only left of the Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter C to turn to their left hands Then command an Officer to lead them down close on the out-side of the right hand file of the Pikes and when the Officer hath brought the Leader of the file of Musqueteers right against the bringer up of the right hand file of Pikes command the file of Musqueteers to stand Then command the half file of that file of Musqueteers to double his front to the left hand Then command those two files of Musqueteers to turn to their right hands about Then command the first rank which is left of the Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter D to turn to their right hands commanding an Officer to lead them down close on the out-side of the left hand file of the Pikes and when the Officer hath brought the Leader of the file of Musqueteers right against the bringer up of the left hand file of the Pikes command the file of Musqueteers to stand Then command the half file of that file of Musqueteers to double his front to the right hand Then command those two files of Musqueteers to turn to their right hands about Then command the Musqueteers which have not as yet closed their ranks and files to close their ranks and files to their close order and file and rank even with the Pikes This which is here set down is the readiest and easiest way to bring the former figure marked with the letters A B C D unto the order of this figure following marked with the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. And this Division of Foot is now in a readiness to withstand the charge of any Horse The figure marked with the figure 1 is a Division of Pikes consisting of four and twenty files and three deep The figure marked with the figure 2 is a Division of Pikes of the like number that the figure 1 is The two ranks of small pricks in the front of the Pikes figured with the figure 3 are two ranks of Musqueteers having four and twenty in a rank The two ranks of small pricks in the reer of the Pikes marked with the figure 4 are two ranks of Musqueteers having four and twenty in a rank The two files of pricks on the right hand of the Division of Pikes marked with the figure 5 are two files of Musqueteers six deep and the like are the two files of pricks on the left hand of the Division of Pikes marked with the figure 6. The little strokes at the corner of the Division of Foot marked with the figure 7 stand for Officers And the rank of small pricks between the two Divisions of Pikes marked with the figures 1 and 2 are one rank of Musqueteers consisting of four and twenty Musqueteers in number You see in this figure marked with the figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the Musqueteers standing under the shelter of the Pikes the Pikes and the Musqueteers being all at their close order and in a readiness to receive a charge from Horse and the Pikes sheltering the Musqueteers every way upon occasion from the force of the Horse Now the way how these Musqueteers and Pikemen shall defend themselves against Horse I will here declare unto you If you perceive your Enemies Horse to divide themselves into four parts to charge any one Division of Foot which is placed in this manner as you see them in this foregoing figure then command the two right hand files of Pikes and
Divisions of Foot on the flanks of any one Division of Horse then the Commander of the Division of Horse that is to march between two Divisions of Foot must be in a readiness to Charge the Enemies Horse that hath routed his Foot either with part of his Division of Horse or the whole as he seeth occasion or as he may with convenience That your intention of fighting Foot amongst the Horse may not be discovered by your Enemy who hath not been used to the like Discipline or at least that he may not know the way and order that you intend to fight your Foot in let your Divisions of Foot which are to fight on the flanks of your Horse in a day of Battel as you see them in the two former figures let I say the two Divisions of Foot which belong to each Division of Horse march in the reer of the Divisions of Horse as you see them in the foregoing figure till they come within Musquet-shot of their Enemies Horse then draw up the two Divisions of Foot the one on the one flank of a Division of Horse and the other on the other flank of the same Division of Horse in the same order as you see them in this foregoing figure CHAP. XIV VVhat Strength each Division of Horse ought to be from three thousand to ten thousand to fight on the flanks of a Body of Foot in a day of Battel if you will have no Foot to fight amongst the Horse IF your strength of Horse be three thousand and if they be to fight on the flanks of a Body of Foot in a day of Battel without Foot to fight amongst them then each Division of Horse ought to be thirty in front three deep and ninety in a Division If your strength of Horse be four thousand then the strength of each Division of Horse ought to be an hundred and twenty forty in front and three deep If your strength of Horse be five thousand then each Division of Horse ought to be an hundred and fifty strong fifty in front and three deep If your strength of Horse be six thousand or seven thousand then they ought to be an hundred and eighty in a Division sixty in front and three deep If your strength of Horse be eight thousand nine thousand or ten thousand then ought each Division of Horse to be an hundred in front and three deep and three hundred in a Division Your Divisions of Horse from ninety to an hundred and eighty if you have no Foot to fight amongst your Horse ought to charge their Enemies Horse after this manner Each Division of Horse from ninety to an hundred and eighty in strength ought to be sub-divided into three subdivisions as is here set down and shall be declared unto you by this following figure marked with the letters A B C. The three sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters A B C are a Division of Horse of ninety sub-divided into three equal sub-divisions being thirty in a Division ten in front and three deep The distance of ground between the subdivision marked with the letter A and the subdivision marked with the letter B is twenty paces three feet to the pace The like distance of ground is between the sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters B and C the little strokes that stand in the fronts flanks and reer of the three sub-divisions stand for Officers Now when the Van-guard of your Horse cometh within fifty paces of the Enemies Horse let the two sub divisions of Horse marked with the letters A and C advance towards their Enemies Division of Horse upon an easie trot and the Officers of the two Divisions of Horse must be careful that they Charge all together the Division of the Enemies Horse which they meet with And when the two sub-divisions on the right and left hand marked with the letters A and C do advance towards their Enemy to charge them then let the middle sub-division of Horse marked with the letter B follow after easily upon a walking pace And when the Officer in chief that commandeth the middle sub-division of Horse marked with the Letter D seeth the other two sub-divisions of Horses marked with the letters A and C to be mingled with the Enemy then let him command his sub-division of Horse to advance upon a round trot and charge his Enemy The same order must be observed by all the Divisions of Horses that are but ninety in strength when they come to charge an Enemy And the Divisions of Horse from ninety to an hundred and eighty in strength must observe the same order in charging their Enemy as is here set down in this Division of Horse of ninety marked with the letters A B C if no Divisions of Foot be to fight amongst the Horse If you be eight thousand nine thousand or ten thousand strong in Horse then each Division of Horse when you come to fight in Battel ought to be three hundred in strength and each Division of Horse ought to be sub-divided into five equal sub-divisions as you see them in this following figure marked with the letters D E F G H. In these five sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters D E F G H there are sixty Horses in each sub-division twenty in front and three deep So that the five sub-divisions marked with the letters D E F G H are a Division of Horse of three hundred in strength sub-divided into five equal parts and being at their close order in rank and file And the little small strokes that you see in the flank reer and front stand for Officers The distance of ground that is left between the sub-divisions marked with the letters D and E is twenty paces three feet to the pace And the distance of ground between the sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters E and F is twenty paces The same distance of ground is between the sub-divisions of Horse marked with the letters F and G and G and H. If you intend to have your Divisions of Horse to be three hundred in strength my opinion is that each Division of Horse ought to be sub-divided into five equal parts as you see them in this figure marked with the letters D E F G H. For these reasons a Division of Horse for three hundred in strength being divided into five equal parts as you see them in this foregoing figure will take up much more ground in front than a Division of Horse that is but three hundred in strength and not sub-divided Now it is one of the chiefest advantages that can be taken in a day of Battel by your Divisions of Horse to out-front your Enemies Divisions of Horse Besides a Division of Horse of three hundred in strength being sub-divided as is before set down will be better commanded and not so subject to fall into a disorder upon any occasion as a Division of Horse of three hundred in strength all in a body Moreover you
Divisions of Horse and Foot I mean those Divisions of Horse and Foot that are to be imbattelled together in a day of Battel on the flanks of the Body of Foot to be ready to march when occasion shall serve or to be imbattelled And this order which shall be here set down for this one Division of Horse figured with the Letter A in the following Figure and the two Divisions of Foot figured with the Letters B C D E F G the same order ought to be observed after the same manner for a march when you come near an Enemy By this means your Army will be much the sooner imbattelled upon any occasion and always in a readiness to receive your Enemy if so be your Divisions of Horse and Foot when they march be of the same strength as you desire to have them when they are imbattelled to fight and that you march your Divisions of Horse and Foot by Brigades as you do intend to fight them The Figure before figured with the letter A standeth for a Division of Horse the order that they are in in rank and file is their order The figures figured with B C D E F G are small Divisions of Foot the which shall be at large demonstrated in this following observation the order that they stand at in rank and file is their order viz. three foot in file and six in rank The distance of ground between the Divisions of Musqueeteers D F and the Division of Horse A is thirty paces three feet to the pace And this distance of ground of thirty paces between the two Divisions of Musqueeters D F and the Division of Horse marked with the letter A ought to be when the Divisions of Horse and Foot are imbattelled to fight The distance of ground between the Division of Musqueteers and the Divisions of Pikes is twelve Footmen Which are Pikes and which are Musqueteers this following demonstration will declare unto you The figure before figured with the letter A is a Division of Horse of threescore in front and three deep and in the strength of the Division is an hundred and eighty Horse The figure with six files and six ranks of small pricks figured with the letter C is a Division of Musqueteers in strength six and thirty each small prick standing for a Musqueteer The figure figured with the Letter B with cross strokes is a Division of Pikes of twelve files and six deep The strength of the Division is seventy two Pikemen and each stroke standing in way of a rank standeth for a rank of Pikes being twelve in rank and each stroke standing in way of a file is to be accounted for a File six deep The figure figured with the letter D is a Division of Musqueteers of the same strength that the figure C is The figures figured with the Letters E F G are the same that B C D and the little small strokes in the Front Reer and Flanks of the Divisions of Horse and Foot stand for Officers When these two Divisions of Foot and one of Horse are to march away by small sub-divisions as the way will give leave then the right-hand division of Foot figured with B C D is first to march away next the Division of Horse signified by the Letter A then the left-hand Division of Foot figured with the Letters E F G is to follow the Division of Horse figured with the Letter A. You are to appoint to every Division of Horse two Divisions of Foot like as you see in this former figure of A B C D E F G if your Foot will hold out to do it If you have not so many as to do it you ought not to fail to flank each Division of Horse in the Van-guard of your Army with two Divisions of Foot as is set down in the former figure And each Musqueteer of those Divisions of Foot which are to be imbattelled on the flanks of each Division of Horse ought to have when they come to encounter with the Enemy two pair of Bandaliers or a pair of Bandaliers and a dozen of Charrages in each Musqueteers Pocket Likewise each Musqueteer ought to have twelve spare Botlets besides his Bandaliers furnished with Powder and Bullet and each two Divisions of Foot ought to have a Powder-Bag full of Powder carried along with them All the Divisions of Horse and Foot that are to be imbattelled together on the flanks of your Army in a day of Battel for the Wings of your Battel being divided into Brigades are to march after this order as is here set down for the marching of this one Division of Horse and two of Foot when you are near an Enemy and marching towards him This way of fighting Foot amongst Horse is much the stronger way of Imbattelling an Army in my judgment then any other that I have either seen or read of and hereafter in a fit place I shall shew sufficient reason for to prove it so to be The following figure marked with the Letters HIKLMNO shall shew you in what manner the Musqueteers in the two Divisions of Foot that are imbattelled on the flanks of each Division of Horse as you see them in the foregoing figure marked with the letters ABCDEFG how I say the aforesaid Musqueteers shall be drawn into a fit Order to give fire on the Enemies Horse or Foot upon any occasion The words of Command that you are to give to the Musqueteers to bring them into the Order of the following Figures KLNO from the Order of the foregoing figures CDFG are these words of Command which follow Command the two first Ranks of the two Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the Letters C and D to march forwards till the two last ranks of the aforesaid two ranks of both the Divisions be twelve foot beyond the front of the Pikes then command them to stand then command the two ranks of Musqueteers that belong to the Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter C to turn to their left hands and the two ranks of Musqueteers marked with the letter D to turn to their right hands then command these four ranks of Musqueteers the which are now files to march forwards till they meet Then command those Musqueteers which before did turn to their right hands to turn to their left hands and those Musqueteers which did turn to their left hands to turn to their right hands and file even with the Pikes Then command the two last ranks of Musqueteers of the two Divisions of Musqueteers marked with the letters CD to turn to their right hands about and march forward till the two reer ranks of both the Divisions be twelve feet beyond the reer rank of Pikes in the Division of Pikes marked with the letter B. Then command the four ranks of Musqueteers to stand commanding the two ranks of Musqueteers that belong to the Division of Musqueteers marked with the letter C to turn to their right hands and the two ranks of
to your Marshal of the Field and your Major-Generals and Colonels of the Brigades both of Horse and Foot before they begin to fight And your Orders ought to be written if you have time for after the Battel is once begun is is impossible for a General to give Orders more than in that part where he is present at the same time That you may know how to place your Divisions of Horse and Foot at their true distances you ought to allow unto every Horseman in the Front of the Divisions of the Van-guard and Battel six foot of ground in breadth and to every Foot Souldier in the Divisions in the Van-guard and Battel you ought to allow five Foot Also you must observe that between every two Divisions of Horse and Foot in the Van-guard of your Army to allow an hundred paces of ground in breadth three feet to the pace besides what you allow for the Division in the Battel which is for the reserve You ought likewise to allow between the Vanguard of your Horse-Troops an hundred paces and between the Van-guard of your Foot an hundred and fifty paces three feet to the pace This order must be observed both in placing the Divisions of Horse and Foot and the Van-guards Battel and Reer-guard of your Army that the formost Troops being put to recoil may not fall upon those which should come up to relieve them nor the Battel upon the Reer You must always be careful to place the best Regiments either of Horse or Foot on the Wings of your Army The Officers that lead the Divisions in the Vanguard of a Battel ought to have special care to see that the Divisions both of Horse and Foot keep their distances but especially the Officers that lead the Divisions in the Van-guard of your Army on the flanks of your Horse or Foot they must be extraordinarily careful that they close not with their Divisions in upon the main Body I know no one thing that Officers care is more required about in fighting a Battel than to see that such Divisions as they Command keep their Distances For let a man consider how hard a thing it is for an Army that is imbattelled in a Campagnia to march a mile together without losing their Order And questionless it is much harder for an Army to march a mile together in the face of an Enemy and the Van-guard of the Army continually skirmishing to keep their distances And unless the Officers of an Army are punctual in observing their Orders of keeping their distances in marching it is impossible but some part of your Army if not the whole will be in a confusion before the Battel be half fought It is seldom or never seen that two Armies that are of any equal strength and that use one kind of Discipline being imbattelled one against the other but the one Army out-fronteth the other upon one of the Wings and the other Army out-fronteth the other upon the contrary Wing when both Armies come to encounter Therefore you ought to give punctual Orders before the Battel beginneth to those Chief Commanders that Command on the outermost flanks of the Van-guards of the Horse that in case either of the Wings of Horse doth out-front his Enemies Wing of Horse they should advance easily keeping their order with that Wing of Horse which they Command as soon as their Cannon begin to play and not before and charge that Wing of Horse which they do out-front Command also those Divisions of Horse that out-flank your Enemies Horse on the flanks when they come within a near distance of your Enemies Troops to wheel with their Divisions so that they may be able to charge the Wing of their Enemies Horse on the flank at the same time when the rest of the Horse chargeth them in the Front And in case you do out-front your Enemies Army on both flanks either by the advantage of the number of your men or by the well-ordering of them then both your Wings of Horse must observe the aforesaid order Here you must note that if you fight Foot among your Horse your Foot must advance with your Horse and your Horse by no means to advance before your Foot until your Enemies Horse be put to flight But if it falleth out so as most commonly it doth that the one Army be out-flanked upon one Wing and the same Army doth out flank the other Army on the other Wing if it fortune so that you be out-flanked in one of your Wings of Horse then ought the General to give an especial order to the Officers that that Wing of Horse which is out-flanked do not advance from the main Body of the Foot but keep an even front with the Foot until their Enemies Horse come up close to them to charge them And in the mean time so soon as the Officers of either of your Wings of Horse discover that they shall be out-flanked they ought to have order to draw up on the outermost flank of that wing of Horse that is out-flanked the Reer-Guard of Horse of the same wing of Horse with all the expedition that may be For I am confident it is far less dangerous to want a Reer-guard in a wing of Horse than to be out-flanked by his Enemies Horse Likewise those Officers that do perceive they shall be out-flanked by the Enemies Horse ought to have order that if any of their Divisions of Horse which doth most often fall out when they are out-flanked by the Enemies wing of Horse do front against the Enemies Foot and not against their Horse that then they shall draw all those Divisions of Horse on the outermost flanks of the same wing of Horse But in the imbattelling of two Armies if it prove so that your Armies are equally fronted the which seldom or never doth happen then if you have one wing of Horse that are more confident in their Valour and Resolution than you are of the other let that wing of Horse charge first for as many hands make light work so the best hands make surest work and the other wing of Horse keep in even front with the main body of Foot until the Enemies Horse come up to charge them You ought to use your best judgment and skill to charge your Enemy first in that place where you are surest to overcome him for so favourable are mens judgments to that which is already happened that the sequel of every action dependeth for the most part upon the beginning If it fortune so that either of your wings of Horse do put to flight either of your Enemies wings of Horse then ought the Chief Commander of that wing of Horse to have order upon the flight of his Enemies wing of Horse to send but three Divisions of Horse after them the which three Divisions of Horse ought to have their Orders before-hand for the same and their Directions what to do One of the three Divisions of Horse that is appointed to