Note 81 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY.

A trumpeter marches in rear of the battalion for the purpose of blowing “Give way,” when necessary to open one side of the road. At this signal all the troops close in toward the flank of the guide.

[82] The depth of a brigade of six battalions on the march is about 2500 m. By eliminating distances between elements a space of only 100 m. is gained, while by marching in a front of six files, approximately 750 m. is gained. The march of the 10th Infantry Division from Weiszenburg to Preuschdorf, on August 5th, 1870, proved exceedingly fatiguing. The distances between organizations had been eliminated pursuant to orders. “Some of the rearmost elements had to double time uphill to keep up whenever the head of the column went down hill. Great fatigue and many cases of overexertion were the result.” Geschichte des Regiments Nr. 37, p. 124.