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Richard Alley19 May 2021 5:16 a.m. PST

Is it true that if after 1808 either the Lights and or Grenadiers are detached from the main body the rest of the battalion should be in Column of Peloton not Column of division?

Musketballs20 May 2021 12:22 p.m. PST

Napoleon's decree of 18th February 1808:

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The part relevant to this is Article 7.

There's an obvious logic to it: if the battalion has an elite company (or two) missing, it can't form three complete divisions to manoeuvre by.

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