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fear renk of the feftion marks time till the front rank has 

 paffed It, and then moves on) at the word halt, front, they 

 eover the centre rank corretlly, at one pace dillant from it. 

 The company then fixes bayonets, faces to the left and re- 

 lumes its proper pofition in Une. 



Olfervations. 



The number of paces mentioned in the feveral movements 

 are not pofitively prefcribed, but are fuppofed to be nearly 

 fuch as will give the intended relative fituations. If the 

 ground allows the marches to the rear and front to be 

 lonp^er, it will be fo much the better. 



The colonel (hould give all his commands from the rear of 

 the battalion. No commanding officer fhould attempt, in 

 the face of the general, to put the regiment through any of 

 the manoeuvres without bein^ himfclf perfeftly and minutely 

 acquainted with the principles on which euch is performed. 

 He will thus avoid the difgrace of calling to his adjutant for 

 inftrudlion, or galloping full fpeed to the flank of the batta- 

 lion bv way of retlifyiug a raillake which his ignorance and 

 temerity has brought him into, and which he cannot remedy 

 but by recurring for advice either to the other mounted 

 officers, or to the fcrjeant-major in. the rear. 



When the reviewing general has feen the battalion go 

 through fuch of the ordtrred inancEuvres as he judges necef- 

 fary, he will, that he may be able to report pn the merits of 

 its performance, among other circumftances, particularly ob- 

 ferve and fpecify, whether or not the original iurmation of 

 the battalion is according to order. 



The marches are made with accuracy, at the rcqr.ired 

 time and length of ftep, and on fuch objeAs as are gi\en. 

 The proper dillances in column and echellon are at all times 

 preferved.. The wheehngs are made juft, and in the manner 

 prefcribed. The formations in line are made true, without 

 falfe openings, or neceihty of correftion. The officers are 

 alert in their changes of htuation, exaft in their own per- 

 fonal movements, and loud, decided, and pointed in their 

 words of command. The march in line is uniformly fteady, 

 without floating, opening, or clofing. The marcli in file 

 clofe, firm, and without lengthening out. The officers, 

 and fupernumeraries give the aids required of them with due 

 quicknefs and precifion. Hurry and unneceiTary delay in 

 the movements, are equally to be avoided. In the firings, 

 the loading is quick, the levelling juft, the officers animated 

 and exaft in their commands. 



Form of fending for, avJ lodging the alcurs. The battalion 

 being in line, the commanding officer orders the grenadier 

 drummers to beat the drummer's call ; on which the two 

 youngeft enfigns recover their fwords, face to the right, and 

 march between the line of officers and the front rank, till 

 they come to the head of the grenadiers, where they halt, 

 fi-ont, and bring their fwords to the port. The drum-major, 

 with a party of drummers and fifers, will liktwile face to 

 the right, and march to the head of the grenadiers, placing 

 themfelves between the enfigiis and the front rank. The 

 grenadier captain then makes his company take clofe order, 

 and will either wheel them by fubdivifions, or march them 

 in one. If by fubdivifions, he places himlelf on the pivot 

 flank of the firft, the elde't lieutenant on that of the fecond, 

 and the other lieutenant 'in the fupernumerary rank of the 

 firft ; but if the company is marched in one divifion, the two 

 lieutenants are in the fupernumerary rank. The company 

 then marches, in ordinary time, to the quarters where the 

 colours are lodged, when it halts, and rear ranks take open ' 

 order. The drum-major unfurls the colours, and gives them 

 cut of a window to the enfigns, who on halting had (heath', d 

 their fwords. The captain then orders his men to prefent 

 arms. Officers falutc, and the drummers beat a point of 



war, which fini/hed. he fhoulJers aims, clofei the rank«, a.'.d 

 jnarches them off in ordinary time, the di ummers btaiing 

 the grenadier's march. On arriving at th.e left flank of the 

 regiment, the company faces to the riglit, the enfigns with 

 the colours march in front of the line of officers, the grena- 

 dier officers between them and the front rank, as alfo the 

 drums and mufic, and the grenadiers in files, between the 

 other ranks. The commanding officer of the regiment, as 

 foon as the colours amve on the left flank, orders the bat- 

 talion to prefent arms, the officers falnte ; the mnfic play;? 

 God fave the king, and the drummers beat the troop. 

 On the colours ai riving in the centre of the battalion, 

 the enfigns halt and front, and, when the grenadiers have 

 taken poll on the right, the battalion is ordered to flioulder 

 arms. 



When the colours are to be hdged, on the drummer's call 

 being beat, the enfigns, the drum major, and a party of 

 drummers and fifers, march and take poll in the front of the 

 grenadiers. The battalion prefent arms, officers falute, 

 muiic plays, and drams beat. On the captain of grenadiers 

 marching off with the colours, drummers beat the troop. 

 When they arrive at the houfe, or place where they are to 

 be lodged, the drum-major receives them at a window, the 

 grenadiers prefent arms, officers falute, and drummers beat 

 a point of war. The enfigns on quitting the colours, draw 

 their fwords, and falute with the other officers. The capr 

 tail: will either march his company back, or difm.ifs them, 

 as he may be ordered by the commanding officer. 



When the colours are not to be received, or lodged in 

 form, the ferjeant-major, with four ferjeants in the centre 

 of the battalion, will take the colours cafed, from, or to the 

 place where they are kept, in the following manner. Ser- 

 jeant-major, the two front rank ferjeants carry^ing the 

 colours on their (boulders, covered in the rear by the two other 

 ferjeants and the drum-major, who is to receive them when 

 they arrive at the place of their dellination. No compliment 

 is paid by the bsttaUon in this cafe, and they are generally 

 fent away when the ranks are clofed. When the regiment 

 is ordered for a field day, the colours (hould never be received 

 or lodged in form, as it takes up too much time. 



The following is at prefent the detail of the battalion. 

 Field officers — one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one ma- 

 jor, (by a late regulation field officers have no companies,) 

 ten cagtajrs, twelve lieutenants, and eight enfigns. There 

 is no captain-lieutenant. Staff officers — one adjutant, one 

 pay -mailer, one quarter-mafter, one furgeon, one affillant- 

 furgeon. Non-commiffioned officers — one ferjeant-major, 

 one quarter-mafler fcrjeant, thirty ferjeants, thirty corpo- 

 rals. Drummers — one drum-major, twenty-one drummers 

 and fifers. Privates — five hundred and feventy. 



Rules and regulations for his Majefly's forces. Ruffell's 

 Inftruclions for the Drill, London, 1S03, &c. &c. 



BATTARDEAUX, in Bridge-Luilding. SeeCoFFER= 

 diims. 



BATTATA, in Botany. See Dioscorea, 



BATTATAS. See Hsli.inthus. 



BATTAWAY, in Geography, a town of Africa on the 

 Grain Coall, eafily known at fea b)- two large rocks, 

 two miles diftant from the (hore to t!ie well, and alfo by 

 fome high mountains behind the town. This is one of tlie 

 bell built places on the coaft ; populous and rich, and trades 

 extenfively in pepper and ivory. The people, however, are 

 addiAed to thieving. 



BATTEAU. See Bateau. 



BATTEL, in Geography, Law, i^c. See Battle. 



B-\TTEN, in Carpentry, a name which the workmen give- 

 to a fcantling of wooden fluff from two to four ikiches biund, 

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