If at a halt, the indicated company stands fast; if marching, it is halted; each of the other companies is conducted toward it and is halted in proper order in close column.
In anticipation of this work I massed my troops in close column.
At ten o'clock the German infantry attacked the town with the utmost confidence, advancing through the narrow streets in close column.
The Germans attacked in close column, an experiment which, in this case proved a conspicuous failure, the leading sections going down as one man before the concentrated machine-gun and rifle fire from the bridge.
This company's presence was equally unsuspected by the enemy, and, soon after midday, a German battalion proceeded to mass in close column within 300 yards of its position.
This was answered by three cheers from the enemy, who quickly formed in close column of more than two hundred men in front and many lines deep.
The lines of the Kentucky troops were at once moved up in order of close column to the Tennesseans, deepening the ranks to five or six men for several hundred yards.
If instead of extending over so much space, those troops had been formed in close column, the confusion that took place might have been avoided, and a retreat in good order made.
The French retreated in close column, while the fifth mowed them down with musketry, and slaughtered them in heaps with their bayonets.
For this purpose, as the highest degree of concentration is required, its formation should be in close column.
The recent improvements in fire-arms must render the fire on a close columnof infantry, both by artillery and sharpshooters, still more destructive than it was before.
A close column, in case of need, can rapidly extend its front by deploying.
But it is true that if the terrain is slightly accidented, if the guide does not march with mathematical precision, the battalion in close column becomes in the twinkling of an eye a flock of sheep.
This shows the error of the theory of physical impulse--a theory that continues to dictate as under the Empire (so strong is routine and prejudice) attacks in close column.
It marches inclose column in good order; its subdivisions are full four paces apart.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "close column" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
