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And yet, perhaps, her grand, noble heart would have understood these, her subjects, and known them for the men they were as loyal-hearted and true to her as the highest in the land. "They were lying two-deep about the place next morning," Dan added, continuing his tale; but the Maluka, fearing the turn the conversation had taken, suggested turning in.
The word is used to signify any line of men standing directly behind one another. In ordinary two-deep formations a file consists of two men, one in the front rank and one in the rear rank. To strengthen or mend a mast by fastening strips of wood or iron along a weak or broken place. Foot-rope. A rope stretched under a yard arm for sailors to stand on while reefing or furling sails. Fore-cap.
In this part of-the second line of the Allies were posted Pack and Kempt's brigades of English infantry, which had suffered severely at Quatre Bras. But Picton was here as general of division, and not even Ney himself surpassed in resolute bravery that stern and fiery spirit. Picton brought his two brigades forward, side by side, in a thin, two-deep line.
"Having finished their dance, each party formed into a line two-deep, the women and boys stationing themselves about ten yards to the rear. "The two bodies then advanced to within about a hundred yards of each other, when they fired off their muskets. Few of them put the musket to the shoulder while firing it, but merely held it at the charge.
"You two men who carried old Stinkijink before, pick him up again!" shouted Brown. "Let him feel the bayonet if he makes a noise, but carry him gently as though you loved him. The rest 'Tshun! Form two-deep on the center close order, march. Ri' dress. Eyes front. Ri' turn. By the left quick march."
Keep an eye on both. The remainder form two-deep. Right turn! By the left, quick-march! Left wheel!... Now," he said, turning to Juggut Khan, "if you'll come along I'll soon get a horse for you!"
'The thin red line. The phrase was invented long after Wolfe's day. But Wolfe invented the fact. The six battalions which formed his front, that thirteenth morning of September 1759, were drawn up in the first two-deep line that ever stood on any field of battle in the world since war began.
Troops furnished by the same State were, as far as possible, brigaded together, in order to stimulate State pride, and a spirit of healthy emulation. "The regiment was formed for attack in line two-deep, covered by skirmishers. "The number of skirmishers, and the intervals between the men on the skirmish line, depended altogether on the situation.
These two fronts were now to decide the fate of Canada between them. The French still came bravely on; but their six-deep line was much shorter than the British two-deep line, and they saw that both their flanks were about to be over-lapped by fire and steel. They inclined outwards to save themselves from this fatal overlap on both right and left. But that made just as fatal a gap in their centre.
Wolfe's 5,000 redcoats were already on the Plains when Montcalm galloped up to the crest of ground from which he could see them, only six hundred yards away. The line was very thin, only two-deep, and its right did not seem to have come up yet. Some sailors were dragging up a gun, not far from the Foulon. Perhaps Wolfe's landing was not quite completed?
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