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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1, First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

Note 157 — Chapter VII

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See Pallas Armata, by Sir T. Kellie, 1627. This writer deserves mention as the first who introduced the system of drilling by numbers. He talks as glibly of odd and even numbers as a modern drill sergeant.

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