Produced by Brian Coe, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD SKIRMISHING THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD SKIRMISHING: _SECOND EDITION_. TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED, A BRIEF SYSTEM OF COMMON LIGHT INFANTRY DRILL; A METHOD OF PRACTICE FOR THE SPEEDY ACQUIREMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN THE USE OF THE RIFLE; AND SHORT OBSERVATIONS ON SERVICEABLE APPOINTMENTS AND DRESS. BY COLONEL G. GAWLER, K.H. _Late of the 52nd Light Infantry._ LONDON: PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER, MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL. 1852 LONDON: SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET. TO SIR JOHN MACDONALD, K.C.B. ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO THE FORCES, THE FOLLOWING REMARKS, IN REFERENCE TO ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE COMMITTED TO HIS ESPECIAL SUPERINTENDENCE, ARE, BY PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. _August, 1837._ CONTENTS. I. The Essentials of Good 13 Skirmishing II. A system of Common Light 35 Infantry Drill, adapted to the Long Range Rifle III. A Method of Practice for 51 the Speedy Acquirement of Proficiency in the Use of the Rifle IV. Short Observations on 59 Dress and Appointments PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.