 The sure way to demolish them is at three deep to fire by ranks diagonally to the centre where they come, the rear rank first, and even that rank not to fire till they are within 10 or 12 paces ; but if the fire is given at a distance, you probably will...  Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 - Pàgina 365per Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Byerley Thomson - 1845 - 527 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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...&Targets making a Noise & Endeavouring to pearce the Body, or Battalions before them becoming 12 or 14 deep by the time they come up to the people they attack". Cité par K. Tomasson et F. Buist, Battles of the '45 (London: Pan, 1967) 105-06. 68. Partisans de... | |
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