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The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendiumGriffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

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The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium

Name: The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium
Author: Griffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

Griffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

Artillery drill and tactics; Great Britain. Army -- Artillery -- Drill and tactics; Great Britain. Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

_Note._—_A battery may change its front_, Half right, or Half
left, on the same principle as already detailed. The commanding
officer’s word would be “CHANGE FRONT, HALF RIGHT (OR HALF LEFT)
ON—SUB-DIVISION.”

These manœuvres can be executed on the same principle, by divisions,
or half batteries.

A Battery can also change front on a moveable pivot by a simple wheel.

    _12. To advance from a flank, in column._

  ADVANCE FROM THE RIGHT,    | _Right division._    Forward by the left.
    IN COLUMN OF             |                        March.
    DIVISIONS—MARCH.         |                     { Right take ground.
                             | _Centre, and left   { March—Left take
                             | divisions_          {   ground.
                             |
                             | _Nos._ 1.
                             | 2. } Waggon right.    Waggon rear.
                             | 4. }
                             |
  ADVANCE FROM THE LEFT,     | _Left division_     { Forward by the
    IN COLUMN OF             |                     {   right—March.
    DIVISIONS—MARCH.         |
                             | _Centre, and right  { Left take
                             | divisions_          {   ground—March.
                             |                     { Right take ground.
                             |
                             | _Nos._ 1.
                             | 5. } Waggon left.     Waggon rear.
                             | 3. }

    _13. To advance from the centre, in double column of sub-divisions._

  ADVANCE FROM THE CENTRE,   | _Centre division_—Forward.—Trot—March.
    IN A DOUBLE COLUMN OF    | _Right division_—Left take ground—March.
    SUB-DIVISIONS—MARCH.     | _Left division_—Right take ground—March.
                             |
                             | _Nos._ 1.
                             | 2. } Right take ground—Trot.
                             | 1. } Right take ground.
                             | 5. } Left take ground—Trot.
                             | 6. } Left take ground.

    _14. To move from a flank along the front in a column of divisions._

  MOVE FROM THE RIGHT, ALONG | Forward—March.
    THE FRONT, IN COLUMN OF  | Left wheel.
    DIVISIONS. MARCH.        |

_Note._—_To advance from the left, along the front_, is done in the
same manner.

    _15. To advance from a flank, in echellon of sub-divisions._

  ADVANCE FROM THE RIGHT,    |
    IN ECHELLON OF           |
    SUB-DIVISIONS—MARCH.     |

_Advancing from the Left_ is done on the same principle.

_Note._—_A Battery in echellon of Sub-divisions_, if required to
change its front when in action, can do so at the word “ACTION LEFT”
(OR RIGHT), by merely throwing the trails round, and bringing the
guns into the new direction, the limbers and waggons forming in rear
of their guns.

    _16. To advance from a flank in echellon of divisions._

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The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendiumGriffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

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The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium

Griffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus)

Artillery drill and tactics; Great Britain. Army -- Artillery -- Drill and tactics; Great Britain. Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

_Note._—_A battery may change its front_, Half right, or Half
left, on the same principle as already detailed. The commanding
officer’s word would be “CHANGE FRONT, HALF RIGHT (OR HALF LEFT)
ON—SUB-DIVISION.”

These manœuvres can be executed on the same principle, by divisions,
or half batteries.

A Battery can also change front on a moveable pivot by a simple wheel.

    _12. To advance from a flank, in column._

  ADVANCE FROM THE RIGHT,    | _Right division._    Forward by the left.
    IN COLUMN OF             |                        March.
    DIVISIONS—MARCH.         |                     { Right take ground.
                             | _Centre, and left   { March—Left take
                             | divisions_          {   ground.
                             |
                             | _Nos._ 1.
                             | 2. } Waggon right.    Waggon rear.
                             | 4. }
                             |
  ADVANCE FROM THE LEFT,     | _Left division_     { Forward by the
    IN COLUMN OF             |                     {   right—March.
    DIVISIONS—MARCH.         |
                             | _Centre, and right  { Left take
                             | divisions_          {   ground—March.
                             |                     { Right take ground.
                             |
                             | _Nos._ 1.
                             | 5. } Waggon left.     Waggon rear.
                             | 3. }

    _13. To advance from the centre, in double column of sub-divisions._

  ADVANCE FROM THE CENTRE,   | _Centre division_—Forward.—Trot—March.
    IN A DOUBLE COLUMN OF    | _Right division_—Left take ground—March.
    SUB-DIVISIONS—MARCH.     | _Left division_—Right take ground—March.
                             |
                             | _Nos._ 1.
                             | 2. } Right take ground—Trot.
                             | 1. } Right take ground.
                             | 5. } Left take ground—Trot.
                             | 6. } Left take ground.

    _14. To move from a flank along the front in a column of divisions._

  MOVE FROM THE RIGHT, ALONG | Forward—March.
    THE FRONT, IN COLUMN OF  | Left wheel.
    DIVISIONS. MARCH.        |

_Note._—_To advance from the left, along the front_, is done in the
same manner.

    _15. To advance from a flank, in echellon of sub-divisions._

  ADVANCE FROM THE RIGHT,    |
    IN ECHELLON OF           |
    SUB-DIVISIONS—MARCH.     |

_Advancing from the Left_ is done on the same principle.

_Note._—_A Battery in echellon of Sub-divisions_, if required to
change its front when in action, can do so at the word “ACTION LEFT”
(OR RIGHT), by merely throwing the trails round, and bringing the
guns into the new direction, the limbers and waggons forming in rear
of their guns.

    _16. To advance from a flank in echellon of divisions._

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