08-02-2007, 04:39 PM
Quote:I answer your question with another question: How else do you keep a formation in line during movement? Especially in the case of testudo or tight phalanx formations.
It is possible though hard, as de Saxe points out. He says they ought to adopt it, implying it was not universal in the French army of the mid 18thc. And yet pike warfare, and straight ranks of muskets had been used prior to that for a long time. I have no idea how they did they did it though, so I can't answer your question properly. :-\\
And thanks for the info on the marching step Mr. Pinceel.
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David Walker
