See also:

• ECHELON (Fr. from ecltelle, ladder)

ECHELON (Fr. from ecltelle, See also:

• LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder)  , in military See also:

• TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

tactics, a formation of troops in which each See also:

• BODY

body of troops is retired on, but not behind, the flank of the next in front, the position of the whole thus resembling the steps of a See also:

• STAIRCASE

staircase . To See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• ECHELON (Fr. from ecltelle, ladder)

echelon from See also:

• LINE

line, the parts of the line move off, each See also:

• DIRECT

direct to its front, in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, so that when the formation is completed the rightmost body, for example, is farthest advanced, the one originally next on its See also:

• LEFT

left is to the left See also:

• REAR

rear, a third is to the left rear of the second, and so on . The word is also used more loosely to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express successive lines, irrespective of distances and relative positions, e.g. the " second echelon of See also:

• AMMUNITION

ammunition See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply," which is fully a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day's See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march behind the first .