Chapter III: Part III: Battalion, Brigade, and Division Drill

BATTALION DRILL.

91. General rules 98

92. Formations 100

93. A battalion in quarter column 101

94. Movements in quarter column 103

95. A quarter column wheeling 103

96. A battalion in quarter column opening to column 104

97. A battalion in column on the march closing to quarter
column 106

98. A battalion in column or quarter column advancing in
fours, or _vice versâ_ 106

99. A battalion in column changing direction 108

100. Movements in line or lines of company columns 108

101. When dispersed, re-assembling 109

102. Inspection of a battalion 110

BRIGADE AND DIVISION DRILL.

103. General rules 111

104. A brigade wheeling from mass into line of battalions and
_vice versâ_ 112

105. A mass deploying into line of battalions and _vice versâ_ 112

106. Marching in line of battalions either in column or quarter
column 113

FORMATIONS APPLICABLE TO SAVAGE WARFARE.

107. General rules 113

108. A battalion in line 114

109. A quarter column or column deploying into line 114

110. Marching in line 115

111. A line changing position, from the halt, on a flank
company 116

112. A battalion in line forming column or quarter column 116

113. A line passing obstacles, or moving over broken ground 117

114. A line forming column to the right or left 117

115. A line advancing in column 118

116. A quarter column on the march forming line to a flank 118

117. Echelon movements from line, column or quarter column 118

118. Meeting an attack by cavalry or swordsmen 119

119. Formation of squares 120

BRIGADE DRILL.

120. Deployments 122

121. Marching in line 122

122. A brigade in line advancing in columns or quarter
columns 122

123. A brigade forming square 122