Lives of the Most Eminent British Military Commanders
Lives of the Most Eminent British Military Commanders
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By these means his order of battle became concentric, that is to say, he assumed the form of a crescent, so as to bring a heavy weight of cross-fire on the space immediately in front of his centre ; and he disposed his battalions with so much judgment, that there was not a marsh, rivulet, or other natural encum- brance, which was not, to a greater or less degree, turned to account. Such was his first line or more advanced position, every approach to which was rendered difficult by the interposi...tion of abatis and ditches j his second, or line of support, ran from Malplaquet on the right, to the Chauss^e de Bois in rear of the wood of Taisniere on the left. His cavalry, again, with the exception of twenty-five squadrons, which held an open space in rear of the right, drew up in several lines from the heath to the farm of La Folic; while his artillery, after planting twenty pieces in one battery on the summit of a height in his centre, he distributed all along his line among the several field-works that protected it In this order scarcely daring to hope that he would be attacked, yet himself determined not to act on the offensive, he lay upon his arms during two whole days, one half of his troops being employed with the spade and pick-axe, while the other half stood accoutred ready to defend them.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
By these means his order of battle became concentric, that is to say, he assumed the form of a crescent, so as to bring a heavy weight of cross-fire on the space immediately in front of his centre ; and he disposed his battalions with so much judgment, that there was not a marsh, rivulet, or other natural encum- brance, which was not, to a greater or less degree, turned to account. Such was his first line or more advanced position, every approach to which was rendered difficult by the interposi...tion of abatis and ditches j his second, or line of support, ran from Malplaquet on the right, to the Chauss^e de Bois in rear of the wood of Taisniere on the left. His cavalry, again, with the exception of twenty-five squadrons, which held an open space in rear of the right, drew up in several lines from the heath to the farm of La Folic; while his artillery, after planting twenty pieces in one battery on the summit of a height in his centre, he distributed all along his line among the several field-works that protected it In this order scarcely daring to hope that he would be attacked, yet himself determined not to act on the offensive, he lay upon his arms during two whole days, one half of his troops being employed with the spade and pick-axe, while the other half stood accoutred ready to defend them.
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