Infantry square
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infantry-square-170-11354467
title:
Infantry square
text:
An infantry square, also known as a hollow square, was a historic close order formation used in combat by infantry units, usually when threatened with cavalry attack. To deploy its weapons effectively, a traditional infantry unit would generally form a line; but the line was vulnerable to more nimble cavalry, which could sweep around the end of the line, or burst through it, and then attack the undefended rear or simply sweep along the line attacking the individual footsoldiers successively. By
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Combat formation of infantry
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_square
date created:
2005-04-06T14:12:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:50:29Z
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