Files open to the right to your Open Order!
Ranks open forward to your Open Order!
Files open to the left to your Open Order!
Ranks open backward to your Open Order!
Files open right and left to your Open Order!
Ranks open to the front and reer to your Open Order!
Files close to the right to your Order!
Ranks close forward to your Order!
Files close to the left to your Order!
Ranks close backward to your Order!
Files close right and left to your Order!
Ranks close to the middle to your Order!
Sergeant Subtlelus says:
Should pikemen and musketeers have their weapons shouldered, they are to be told to bring them to advance or a battle-ready posture
before
this command is given.
Distances
Preliminaries
Order
in the ranks
in the files
Open Order
in the ranks
in the files
Close Order
in the ranks
in the files
Query into just what is the spacing for Close Order
Closest Order
Other spacings
Examples of Distancing Commands
with illustrated responses
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