The School of Recreation (1696 edition) - Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, - Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science - of Defence by Robert Howlett
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come about whilst you only turn your Horses Heads, observing your
Left-hand-man. _To close the File._ _The Right Wing file stand._ 1. =Close your files.= 2. =To The Right.= 3. =To the Left as you were.= 4. =To the Left wing, and stand.= 5. =To the Left by files close the Squadron.= 6. =To the Right as you were.= 7. =The Right and Left Wing Files stand.= 8. =By half Ranks, close Files to the Right and Left.= And by closing Files you may cleave or divide the Squadron. _The Order of closing Ranks._ 1. =File-leader stand.= } { Or open on the Front, 2. =By ranks close the= } { Or the first distances. =Squadron to the Front.= } { 3. =On the Front as= } { And so be cautious in =you were.= } { observing each Motion. _How doubling Ranks must be Ordered._ 1. =By half Files to the Right, double your Ranks to the Front.= |
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