Meaning of extended order drill | Babel Free

Definitions

Practice in battle formations and maneuvers.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The land⟳ now owned by the Government is too small for extended order⟳ drills and maneuvers and General Wood was very desirous of securing more room.”

“To account for the exigencies of terrain, extended order⟳ drill was practised on different types of ground in platoon, company, or battalion-sized formations.”

“Coming to the Fourteenth Pennsylvania he required them to go through certain movements in the extended order⟳ drill which not being done entirely to his satisfaction, he sent his orderly to the commanding officer of the Ninth Battalion, requesting him to have⟳ his command on the drill ground at once.”

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