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 CLOSE ORDER Battalion, 67 Brigade, 73 Company, 56 Compared with extended order, 102 Regiment, 73

CLOSE ORDER FORMATIONS, Effect of fire on, 102, 103 Value of, 103, 104

COLLECTIVE FIRE, 169

COLOR, position of the, 68

COLT MACHINE GUN, 261

COLUMN Attack in, 44, 45 Battalion in route, 72 Broad (with plate), 67 Close, definition of, 47 Comparison with line, 42-45 Deep (with plates), 67, 68 Dimensions of broad and deep (plate), 69 Double, 71 French double (plate), 70 Open, definition of, 47 Route (machine gun battery), 273, 274 Section (machine gun  battery), 273, 274

COLUMN OF FOURS, 58 How formed (plate), 58 And squads compared, 59

COLUMN OF PLATOONS, 61 How formed, 49 Machine gun battery, 273, 274 (plate), 62 Vulnerability of, 186, 187

COLUMN OF SQUADS, 57 Employment of, 59 (plates), 57

COLUMN OF TWOS, 56

COLUMNS, line of company, France (plate), 70

COMBAT Conduct and duties of the leaders, 399 Drill, importance of, 105 Duration of, 178 Frontage—see Frontage. Infantry, 448-467 Austria, 448-450 France, 453-459 Italy, 451-453 Japan, 463-465 Japanese, Characteristics of, 341 Russia, 466 Switzerland, 466-467 Versus artillery, 316 Versus cavalry, 301 Versus machine guns, 268