Mar 6, 2015 · Echelon. The echelon formation is used when the unit wants to maintain security or observation of one flank and enemy contact is unlikely. In the company echelon formation (left or …

Mar 24, 2025 · According to the original landing plan of Marshal Vasilevskiy, the 87th Rifle Corps was to be landed directly in the port of Rumoi in three successive waves, with one division in each echelon, …

Sep 27, 2023 · All he did was charge in echelon to support the Hospitallers once it was clear that the enemy had abandoned their range advantage. At Jaffa, he caught the enemy while they were …

Dec 7, 2018 · Alexander the Great also used Echelon formation at Gaugamela, according to our sources. Alexander also mixed his light cavalry of flank-guards with infantry in that battle.

Jul 11, 2022 · The Macedonian infantry was good; that asks too much. We also see nothing of the sort under Alexander afterwards - attacks en echelon being a quite different animal. Alexander may well …

Jul 28, 2016 · Firstly crossing the Potomac took several days, because the trains are much larger than the fighting echelon. Lee started his trains across the river on the 15th, and it wasn't complete until …

Aug 3, 2013 · One of several aspects of the battle that interest me is Epaminondas' use of a 'wedge' or echelon formation, the protruding columns arrayed 50 shields deep, this proved devastatingly …

Feb 28, 2025 · Echelon describes the shape of a formation. Mutual supporting distance refers to the size of a formation, ie, how far apart the component units are from each other. The idea of an all-arms …

Mar 14, 2025 · The Russians withdrew, a lot of times it was close, and then having reach Smolensk Napoleon almost encircled them, but they withdrew last minute. Russians withdrawing was very …

Jan 3, 2025 · There likely wasn't a gap as is sometimes displayed, but that the wings to the center were refused en echelon, such that the formation was more like a concave. Kinda like a reverse wedge. …