Great Britain. Army -- Infantry -- Drill and tactics
Casualties, skirmishing, 88
Challenging, manner of, 211
Changing direction (squad drill), 45
„ „ and forming up (squad drill), 50
„ „ as in file (squad drill), 46
„ ranks (squad drill), 49
„ „ (company drill), 76
„ step (squad drill), 39
Colour, trooping the, 213
Colours, presentation of, 220
Colours, the 188
Command, words of, how to be given, 30
Commanders, position of, in skirmishing, 88
„ instructions for, in skirmishing, 88
Commanding officer, duties of, in defence, 164
Company in the attack, general rules, 145
„ „ defence, duties of subalterns, section and squad leaders, 162
„ „ defence, duties of company leader, 163
„ „ „ general rules, 162
Company drill, 72
„ column changing direction, 80
„ company column forming company, 76
„ company in line forming to right or left, 78
„ company in line, or moving to a flank in fours, forming company
column, 78
„ dismissing, 83
„ drill in single rank, 81
„ fire action, 82
„ formation of fours, 76
„ forming up into line when marching, fours or file, 80
„ general rules, 72
„ inspection and telling off, 75
„ inspection in close order drill, 83
„ marching in line, 77
„ movements in line (or lines) of sections, 80
„ re-assembling when dispersed, 83
Company in line, saluting, 185
„ marching past, 185
„ sizing, 183
„ training, preliminary remarks, 67
Co-operation between artillery and infantry in the attack, 135
Counter attacks, decisive, 160
„ local, 160
Course of training, annual, auxiliary forces, 173
Course of training, annual, battalion, 179
„ „ company, 174
„ „ description of, 171
„ „ detail of, 172
„ „ general rules, 174
„ skirmishing, 54
Cover, use of, in skirmishing, 60
Defence, the, 155
„ decisive counter attacks, 160
„ distribution of infantry for, 155
„ duties of officers commanding reserves, 159
„ entrenching a position, 157
„ fire in, 158
„ local counter attacks, 160
„ machine guns in, 158
„ occupation of the position, 156
„ position of the reserves, 159
Defence, infantry in attack and. _See_ Attack and Defence.
Defence, the. _See_ Company, Battalion, Brigade, Division.
Defence practice, skirmishing, 90
Defile, passage of, 53
Definitions, 16
Deployments, brigade drill, 122
Diagonal march, 49
Direction and pace in the attack, 143
Discipline, fire, 127
Dismissing, 53
Distances in the attack, 142
Distribution of companies in the decisive attack, 150
„ infantry in the attack, 128
Division in the attack, 154
„ defence, 164
Division drill, 111
Division, larger body than, marching past, 207
„ „ review of, 205
Division marching past, 204
„ review of, 202
Double march, the, 39
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