TD that is an excellent article; thanks.
Susan a unit at right shoulder shift would be no more vulnerable than a unit at shoulder arms. It doesn't take a second to come back to the shoulder. Frankly the passage makes no sense at all to me either.
Whenever a unit was at the double quick they were supposed to be at the right shoulder shift, jogging at shoulder or port arms is unhealthy for everybody involved. In fact I recall an incident where a line of battle was moved rapidly to fill a gap after having taken advantage of an attack of opportunity by taking an assaulting CS Regiment in flank. They had to cover a couple hundred yards to get into a copse of trees to deny the enemy that bit of advantageous cover.
"Company, Right Face." Brought the Regiment into a column of fours from their battle line and apparently confused the hell out of a particular Sgt, the author. Then "At the double quick, Forward March" was given. And they brought their weapons to the right shoulder shift and were off to the races.
Oh and Susan... according to my daughter I'm Darth Dad. Last edited on Fri Oct 31st, 2008 05:59 pm by Johan Steele
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