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1a. Order: Half-files double your ranks to the right / left
The Half-file leaders move forward to the left or right as ordered and stand alongside the File Leaders, the rest of the Half-file follows him.
Reduction: Half-files face about to the left, march forth into your places
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1b. Order: Bringers-up, double your ranks forward to the right/left
The Bringers up march forward to the left or right and place themselves alongside the File Leaders, the rest of the Half file follow on from the rear by counter march.
Reduction: Bringers-up face about to the left, march forth into your places
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The Second method moves the Front Half-files
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2a. Order: Front-half-files, double your rear to the right / left
Every man in the Front half Files faces about to the right and then led by the Front Half File Bringer up marches to the left or right between the rear Half Files.
Reduction: Front-half-files, face about to the left, march forth into you places
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2b. Order: Front-half-files, counter march to the left/right and double the rear
The File Leader counter marches to the left or right followed by the rest of the Front Half File, and marches between the rear Half files.
Reduction: Front-half-files face about to the left march forth into your places
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So there you are. You can now double you files. What about Ranks?
Barriffe describes three methods of doubling Ranks, but suggests that only one should be used, so we'll use that one.
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Order: Half-ranks to the right/left, by counter march, double your left/right flank
The indicated Half-Ranks face outwards. i.e. the Right Half Rank would face Right and the Left, left. The Half Rank now counter marches and moves between the ranks of the other Half Rank. The counter march should be in the direction which will place the ranks BEHIND the ranks of the stationary Half Ranks i.e. Right Half Rank to the right, Left Half Rank to the Left. Note that in this manoeuvre only ONE Half Rank is moving, the other stands still.
Reduction: Half-ranks that doubled, face to the right, March forth into your places
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Right, so now we can double Ranks and Files within the body. So lets look at the pretty stuff.
Doubling intire. When the term “intire” is used in an order it means the body (or part thereof) will move together, not individual Files or Ranks.
First doubling Frontage, there are two methods.
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1. Order: Half-files, double your front to the left/right intire.
The Rear Half-files face to the left or right and march as a body until the last Half-file has cleared the Front Half-files; They then stand, face to the front, and march forward to dress on the Front Half-files, who have NOT moved. Note this manoeuvre will be controlled by the Right hand Half-file leader who will shout the intermediate orders.
Reduction: Half-files face about to your left, march forth into your places.
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2. Order: Half-files, double your front inward intire.
The Front Half-files will divide into their two Half-ranks. The Front Half-file Half-rank to the Right, facing Right, and the Front Half-file Half-rank to the Left, facing left. These two sub-units will then march outward until they clear the outer files of the Rear Half-files who remain stationary.
The two sub-units will now face to the front, their bit having been accomplished. The Rear Half-files, as a body will now march forward in to the gap dressing up on the divided Front Half-files. (Simple!)
Reduction: Half-files, face about and march, front half files, close your division; Face all to your leader
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The opposite of the last Manoeuvre is Doubling by division, remember “division” means by dividing not by “squadron”.
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Order: Half-files, double your front by division
The Rear Half-files will divide into their two Half-ranks. The Rear Half-file Half-rank to the Right facing Right and the Rear Half-file Half-rank to the Left facing Left. These two sub-units with then march outward until they clear the outer Files of the Front Half-files who remain stationary. The Two sub-units will now face to the front and march forward to dress on the Front Half-files.
Reduction: Half-files face about inward, march forth into your places
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As with frontage we can also double our flanks intire.
There are three methods.
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1. Order: Double your left/right-flank intire, advancing
The opposite Half Rank to the direction indicated marches forward until the Bringers up have cleared the other Half Rank's File Leaders. Then it Stands faces in the indicated direction and marches until dressed on the stationary Half Rank.
Reduction: Half-ranks that doubled; march forth into your places
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2. Order: Double your left/right-flank intire, by counter march, advancing
The opposite Half Rank to the direction indicated marches forward until the Bringers up have cleared the other Half-rank's File Leaders. Then it Stands faces away from the indicated direction and counter marches to the right until dressed on the stationary Half-rank.
Reduction: Half-ranks that doubled; march forth into your places
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3. Order: Left/right-flank, double your right/left flank by division
The opposite Half-rank to the direction indicated divides into its two Half-files, the Rear Half-file of the moving Half-rank faces to the rear. Both Half-files of the moving Half-rank now march, the Front Half-file to the front the Rear Half-file to the rear, until they have cleared the standing Half-rank. They then face to the indicated direct and march until dressed on the Standing Half-rank. You could perform this manoeuvre by counter marching as in b., but that would be silly.
Reduction: Half-ranks that doubled face about inward, march forth into your places
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Note that no evolution should be done on top of another evolution. Therefore your position in the squadron (File leader, Bringer up, etc.) will not change.
That's the end of Doubling, and I'm going for a lie down in a dark room before moving onto Counter marching.
I hope that all this gobbledy-gook will make sense when we do it on the field.
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