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[English Translation] towards the Captains, they find themselves moved away to the right by right line as far as it pleases the Captain, without having changed the form and figure of the battalion, he does the same if he wishes on the sinister side, and this is called marching in file to the right and to the left. If he wants to turn the battalion back, the soldiers are also made to turn their faces, marching in ranks, moving away as far as they want from the place they were at, then turning their faces towards the Captains, they find that the battalion has also changed place and not shape. Afterwards, they turn the whole body of the battalion on the right corner, making a quarter or half turn, the furthest away starting to march first, and the others consecutively, until they come to form the battalion, on the place which makes the quarter or half circle, having changed place and situation. The same is done on the left. These various exercises completed, skirmishes are set up, arquebuziers against arquebuziers, or mixed with the cavalry, who are soldiers of the third age, mounted on horses from the riding school that the public maintains, which number a thousand, all beautiful, and perfectly well trained, with no small benefit to the youth, who learn K |
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