Document written by General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole while headquartered at Messina, 25 September 1807

This document provides instructions and guidance to General Officers Commanding (GOCs) on the preparation of their brigades for campaign marches. It covers topics such as the organisation of baggage, the transportation of the sick, supply of provisions, the hiring of mules, officers' horses, ammunition supply and the duties of brigade majors.

From a collection of papers relating to General Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).