Marching

Item

Type

Letter, Type Undetermined

Title

Marching

Description

Letter, discusses length and speed of marching steps of troops; discusses foreign armies.

short description

Ltr, dis length of marching steps.

recipient

in collection

in image

note

No image.
Document partly illegible.

created note

No date was found on this document.

notable person/group

unknown
George Hamilton

notable location

Great Britain
France

notable item/thing

velocity of the step
forceful standard
pace
fatigue
short man
tall man
man of middle stature
average step
experiments
habitual to troops
variety of circumstances
slow movement
length of the step ought not to be proportioned to the speed
varieties in the speed of the step
service of the field
feet french
inches English
tacticians agree that a proper regulation of the length and speed of the step is of prime importance in a system of tactics

document number

9999999994801

page start

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) BOL01 (0 pages) Collection: James Wilkinson Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author George Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Unknown Author [unknown] [n/a]