square

This is for Media English class

                                                                      SQUARE

     Square is formation against enemy troops or cavalry.  Soldiers must be arranged like square.  Then they must turn to outside and level weapon attached bayonet.  It like a wall of spear.  Through this, if soldiers are attacked everywhere, soldiers can react to enemy attack everytime.  Also bayonet and soldiers cushion the shock of cavalry's attack.  In middle of square, friend,especially cavalry, wonded soldiers are holded by the wall of soldiers and bayonet.  Once this formation formed,  any enemy charge can not break.
.  But if a misile or bomb hit the formation,  most of soldiers formed square wll die.  A corners are also weak point.
    In The Expedition of Egypt,  Napoleon used a square against Mamluk Military in the pitched battle of pyramid.  In these days, France Military is the most modernest military but Mamulk military used the strategy of Middle ages. Napoleon arranged artilleyman and elite infantry at every corner.  Finally, The France soldiers lost their lifes about 300.  But Mamuluk Military lost their lifes about 3000.

This is square.  This picture is not the pitched battle of pyramid.  This picture is Anglo-zulu war.