SECOND CASE. Being in Battery, to execute the different Changes of Front. 1st. On the first Section, to fire to Right; or on the third Section, to fire to the Left. 3d. On the second Section, to fire either to the Right or Left. It may readily be perceived, that these three changes of front resolve themselves, very nearly, into those above explained. It is therefore deemed sufficient, without entering into the details of execution, to point out the words of command which are to be given. 78. 1st. Change of Front on first Section, to fire to the Left. The captain commands, 1. Attention. 2, Change front on first section, to fire to the left. 3. MARCH. (Pl. XLVIII.) At the second command, the chief of the first section orders, At the word MARCH, repeated by the same chiefs, the pieces and caissons move together; and, when the line of caissons has marched twice the length of a piece, the officer of the train commands, Caissons-left wheel-MARCH; afterwards, Head of column-left wheel; and, when the caissons have arrived opposite their pieces, he orders, Caissons-left wheel-MARCH. Halt. Right dress. 79. 2d. Change of Front on first Section, to fire to the Right. The captain commands, 1. Attention. 2. Change front on first section, to fire to the right. 3. MARCH. (Pl. XLIX.) At the second command, the chief of the first section orders, First section-right wheel ; the other chiefs of sections, the officers of the train, Pieces-left-about wheel; Caissons-left wheel. At the word MARCH, repeated by the same chiefs, the pieces and caissons execute the movement. The chiefs of the second and third sections command, Pieces-right oblique-MARCH. The pieces of these sections are arranged, in succession, in battery, on * In horse-artillery, the squads, who are to move to the rear, wheel-about towards the section on which the change of front is made, and, with their guides on that flank, move to their stations in the new line, where they again wheel-about in the same manner. †This command is omitted when the formation is in the order in retreat. the alignment of the first section, by passing the line, and wheeling to the left-about. As soon as the caissons have wheeled to the left, the officer of the train orders, Head of column-right wheel, (twice in succession ;) and, when the head of the column is the length of a piece from the leading horses of the pieces, 80. Head of column-left wheel. When each caisson has arrived opposite its piece, he commands, 3d. Change of Front on the second Section, to fire to the Right. (Pl. L.) The captain commands, 1. Attention. 2. Change front on second section, to fire to the right. 3. MARCH. At the second command, the chief of the second section orders, ། “ At the word MARCH, repeated by the same chiefs, the pieces and caissons execute the movement. The first section places itself on the line of the second. and the pieces of this section are successively brought into battery. As soon as the caissons have wheeled to the left, the officer of the train commands, Head of column-right wheel; and, when each caisson has arrived opposite its piece, Caissons-right wheel-MARCH. Halt. Right dress. The change of front on the second section, to fire to the left, is executed in the same manner. ARTICLE SIXTH. THE COUNTERMARCH. 81. The Battery being in Line, halted, to face in the opposite Direction, by executing the Countermarch. The captain commands, 1. Attention. 2. Countermarch. 3. Pieces-left wheel; Caissons-right wheel. 4. MARCH. (Pl. LI.) At the word MARCH, repeated by the officer of the train only, each piece wheels to the left, and each caisson wheels to the right. This movement being completed, the head of the column of pieces, conducted by the chief of the third section, moves forward about the length To change front on the centre section to fire to the right. Pl.L. 1. Attention. 2. Change front on 2a section,to fire to the right. |