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“In America, it has been the practice to adopt the formation of two deep; but as troops may be employed in different countries and situations, we should have an establishment calculated accordingly ; whenever the depth of our Battalions is reduced, the extent must be increased, and the Column of March being lengthened considerably, the movement of great bodies becomes more difficult ; besides, in an open country, the fire of three ranks must give a manifest superiority over the feeble efforts of two ranks.
“The system of formation I have here established is three deep, conformably with the European School ; the hint is taken form the Memoirs Militaires de Guischardt, Preface du Traducteur sur la Tactique d’Arrien, Tom, 2de P. 111. It is calculated principally for an open country, and supposed to be the most perfect arrangement for troops armed as we are at present ; but to act in an inclosed, woody or mountainous country, it may be not only necessary to reduce the formation to two deep, or even to one rank, but to open the order considerably ; for as irregular fortification is to regular, so is this irregular kind of formation, to that of three deep, the primitive and supposed most perfect arrangement ; whenever the country permits the use of the primitive formations, it is to be preferred ; but in situations where a change may be necessary, it must be left to the genius and skill of those who command.”
From Dalrymple, William, Lieutenant-Colonel. "Tacticks. By Lieutenant Colonel William Dalrymple, of the Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot", Dublin, 1782; pp.ix-x.
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