THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD SKIRMISHING

THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD SKIRMISHING:

SECOND EDITION.

TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED,

A BRIEF SYSTEM OF

COMMON LIGHT INFANTRY DRILL;

A METHOD OF PRACTICE FOR

THE SPEEDY ACQUIREMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN THE USE OF THE RIFLE;

AND SHORT OBSERVATIONS ON SERVICEABLE APPOINTMENTS AND DRESS.

BY

COLONEL G. GAWLER, K.H.

Late of the 52nd Light Infantry.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,

MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.

1852

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS,

CHANDOS STREET.

TO

SIR JOHN MACDONALD, K.C.B.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO THE FORCES,

THE FOLLOWING REMARKS,

IN REFERENCE TO ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE

COMMITTED TO HIS ESPECIAL SUPERINTENDENCE,

ARE, BY PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT

AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

August, 1837.