Note 93 — Chapter IV · WELLINGTON’S INFANTRY TACTICS—LINE VERSUS COLUMN
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If the ordre mixte was formed by a regiment of three battalions of 600 men each, only 634 men out of 1800 were in the front two ranks. If by a regiment of four battalions (two deployed, two in column in the flanks), the slightly better result of 1034 men out of 2400 able to use their muskets would be produced.