French infantry are often remembered chiefly for massed fighting and attacks in column. Elite and line formations could be highly capable, and French infantry are assessed as among the most adaptable units of the period. They used more methods than their popular reputation for column attacks suggests. Mixed-order tactics were also more common than is often assumed.
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French infantry beyond the attack column
French infantry were more adaptable than the familiar image of massed attack columns suggests.