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The battalions and squadrons formed regiments, but their number in a regiment 
varied from 1 to 6. 
The artillery formed a park outside the army and was not considered as a 
tactical unit of organisation—went into battle, was used and went back into 
ark. 
4 Regiments of infantry and cavalry formed brigades, which in their turn formed 
the wings and lines of the orders of battle. 
First line—infantry in centre and cavalry on wings. 
Second line same order, but not so strong. 
There was a feeble reserve—2 or 3 battalions with 5 or 6 squadrons. 
Cavalry charges were generally delivered at a trot, on a very narrow front and 
with great intervals between the squadrons. 
Although the infantry had fusils with bayonets fitting around the barrel, 
and not into the barrel, and cartridges and pouches, yet the fire was very slow 
indeed as compared with that of any modern weapon. 
There were few roads and a limited number of passages of rivers. It was 
dangerous to approach the banks of rivers except at given spots owing to the lack 
of artificial drainage. 
There was a vast number of fortified places. 
The army was aninteger. This lack of mobility in armies gave more importance 
to positions and lines. 
THE EMPEROR LEOPOLD’S LATIN ENCONIUM ON MARLBOROUGH. 
MoNnNUMENTUM. 
Aiternae Memoriae Sacrum. 
Anno MDCCIV die XIII Augusti, 
In hac regione 
Ingenti clade fusus est Exercitus Gallo-Bavarus 
Ductus ab Emanuele, Electore, 
Ht Franciae Marechallis de Tallard et Marsin 
Quorum alter in Prelio Captus 
Cum XL preefectis Belli primariis IXC minoris 
Ordinis, et XII M Gregariis, praeter delelos 
In Campo XIV M et XIV M in flumen 
Preecipitatos, 
Exercitui Victori, cum immortali gloria, imperavit 
JOANNES Dux DE MarLBorouGH 
Anglus, 
Qui 
Sub auspiciis Anne Regine 
Et Feederati Belgii ordinum 
trenuum agmen 
A Tamisi et Mos ad Danubium adduxerat ut 
Germaniae periclitanti succurreret. 
(Rousset 200). 
