rear-rank

The interval between the front and rear-rank men will best be filled supposing that the decadarchs are free to choose their own supports, and those chosen theirs, and so on following suit; since on this principle we may expect each man to have his trustiest comrade at his back.

The Cavalry General 2007

After that they quietly advanced, and he, withdrawing the rear-rank companies in three brigades consisting of a couple of hundred men apiece, commissioned the first on the right to follow the main body at the distance of a hundred feet.

Anabasis 2007

These front-rank men would seem to correspond to our “troop guides,” and the rear-rank men to our serre-files to some extent.

The Cavalry General 2007

These are to form your front-rank men; 42 and after these, a corresponding number should be chosen from the oldest and the most sagacious members of the squadron, to form the rear-rank of the files or decads; since, to use an illustration, iron best severs iron when the forefront of the blade43 is strong and tempered, and the momentum at the back is sufficient.

The Cavalry General 2007

At March, all face to right and leading man of each rank steps off, followed by the others at four-pace intervals, rear-rank men marching abreast of their file leaders.

Military Instructors Manual Oliver Schoonmaker

Rifles became too warm to be held, and were in some cases changed for those of rear-rank men's.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

He must master the higher branches of mathematics before he is considered fit to inspect the rear-rank of a company, and know the modern languages before he can be entrusted with the command of a left half-battalion.

Punch Among the Planets Various

There were stone jugs at each extremity, the sergeants of the rear-rank of this gastronomic platoon, whose corks had blown out and were still flying in space, while a bubbling white foam issued from their necks and fell majestically over their sides after describing a long parabola.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

In sight-setting, changing sights and fixing bayonets, has front rank perform operation first (rear-rank men increasing rate of fire) and then the rear-rank follow while the front-rank men make up for loss of fire for the rear rank, thus insuring that the rate of fire for the squad does not fall off.

Military Instructors Manual Oliver Schoonmaker

The rear-rank man of the flank file keeps his head and eyes to the front and covers his file leader.

Military Instructors Manual Oliver Schoonmaker