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destroying many of them ; (for it must be 

 allowed that my men, as marksmen, must 

 have a wonderful advantage over them in 

 skirmishing, armed as they are with a very 

 imperfect and indifferent soldier's musket and 

 my men armed with a perfect gun, which not 

 only at short distances, but at long distances 

 shall shoot with precision ;) my corps, 

 being trained^ constantly to the following 

 practice, atone soundof the bugle-horn can 

 at an active run be consolidated on their centrcy 

 and charge the remaining four centre com- 

 panies of the enemy with the bayonet. It 

 cannot be denied but that they must be 

 beaten, and forced to fly. I will now not 

 briefly explain, but only ask any officer 

 what must become of their three companies 

 detached to their right, and three to their 

 left ? I imagine it will be allowed that 

 they must fly also. In short, should a 

 regular regiment attempt to engage such a 

 corps as I have proposed to form, and not 

 retreat as speedily as they possibly could do 

 to their camp, they must be ruined. 



I shall now content myself by making a 

 few observations on the different and dis- 



