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The New Manual and Platoon Exercises, as practised by His Majesty's Army

Coloured engraving by and after Robert Dighton Snr. Published by Bowles and Carver, London, 2 January 1795.

Manual exercises were the sequence of movements by which a soldier learned how to handle his musket, to perform bayonet drill, and to carry out a variety of ceremonial movement such as saluting. In Platoon Exercises a soldier learned the drill for loading his musket and firing in volleys.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1984-07-69--1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, A Soldier's Life Gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1984-07-69--1