Notes on eighteen manoeuvres from Dundas's "Principals of military movement."

Notes on eighteen manoeuvres from Dundas's "Principals of military movement."

Principals of military movement

[S.l. ca. 1799]

[5], 132, [2] p. : hand colored ill. ; 13 x 21 cm.

MSS L2019F55 [Bound]

ocn 1118692777

In unidentified hand.|Compiler states his purpose: "As the rules laid down in the book published by authority appear to me Difficult to be understood. The intention of this is to place before the Reader at one View. The Position of the Battalion. Post of Platoon & supernumerary officers. Colours & their covers. Covering and supernumerary serjeant. Musick Drummers & Pioneers. Words of Command & explanation, together with the figures of each movement"--p. [1]|Tabulated ms. with numerous water color schematics of positions and movements.|Accompanied by 8 separate aides memoires (pocket "crib cards"): [1]. Brief listing of the bare gist, numbered in red on one side -- [no. 2]. Two sided detailed description of the movements -- [3]. Two sided example relate to manoeuvre 6, with detailed diagrams of the forming of a solid square from a close column of 8 companies -- [4] & [5]. Small sized, probably relating to manoeuvre 10 -- [6]. Brief incomplete lists of the manoeuvres, with detailed notes relating to Light Company movements in manoeuvres 11-16 -- [7]. Notes for a review of the Fifeshire militia at Aberdeen in 1800 -- [8]. "Words of command given by the commanding officers when sending for the colours."|Bound in sheep-backed & marbled paper boards.|Pages 14-15 excised; page 34 canceled & leaf numbered 34 tipped in on p. 35; unpaged extra leaf tipped in on p. 50.|See also P&E L2019F54 [custom box]

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