Note 72 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY.
Walter Krueger translation
The following, taken from La marche du fantassin (Journal des sciences militaires, 1897), is here inserted for comparison.
French Drill Reg. of 1791 (in force until 1862):
Pas ordinaire 100 paces at 0.65 m. = 65 m. per minute
Frederick The Great’s Infantry 75 „ „ 0.70 m. = 52 m. „ „
Prussian Drill Reg. of 1812:
Ordinary pace 75 „ „ 0.70 m. = 52 m. „ „
Accelerated pace 108 „ „ 0.70 m. = 75.6 m. „ „