It is the duty of the support commander to inspect his line and make such changes in the outguards as he deems necessary, then to report to the outpost commander with a sketch if practicable of his line when his dispositions are completed.
Picket; small command up to platoon placed in line of outguards at more important points such as road forks.
The outguards furnish sentinel posts and maintain communication with them, and with the outguards on each flank.
The support maintains communication with its outguards and with each support on its flanks.
Outguards are divided into three classes, cossack posts, sentry squads and packets.
Instructions regarding enemy's position and strength, and the friendly outguardsto right and left.
Instead of using outguards along the whole front, part of it may be covered by patrols.
Connection should be maintained with adjoining supports and with the outguards furnished by the support.
If a night attack or close approach by the enemy is expected, troops in a prepared position should strengthen the outguards and firing line and construct as numerous and effective obstacles as possible.
For observing from some point in plain view of the command or for visiting or reconnoitering betweenoutguards two men are sufficient.
Instead of using outguards along the entire front of observation, part of this front may be covered by patrols only.
Every picket should maintain connection by patrols with outguards on its right and left.
At night, it will sometimes be advisable to place some of the outguardsor their sentinels in a position different from that which they occupy in the daytime.
It should detail the troops for the different outguards and, when necessary, define the sector each is to cover.
A picket is a group consisting of two or more squads, ordinarily not exceeding half a company, posted in the line of outguardsto cover a given sector.
The position itself is occupied by a small garrison only, with the necessary outguards or patrols in front.
There can be no uniformity in the distance between supports and reserve, nor between outguards and supports, even in the same outpost.
Communication between outguards and the support is by signal and messenger, in special cases by wire.
When the outguards are established, the members of the support may stack arms and remove equipment except cartridge belts.
At nights all roads and trails should be carefully covered and the country to the front and between adjacent outguards well patrolled.
In thick country or at night outguards patrol along the line of observation between posts.
The horses of the outguards may be left at the position of the support.
Outguards move to their positions providing for their own protection and so as to conceal the movement from the enemy.
The intervals between outguards will depend upon the situation and the terrain.
The line occupied by the outguards is called the line of observation.
For every sentinel and every patrol there should be three reliefs, and outguards should be of a strength sufficient to allow this.
Outguards move to their positions providing for their own protection and so us to conceal the movement from the enemy.
In rear of the line of outguards we have larger groups placed at greater distances.
At night it will sometimes be advisable to place some of the outguards or their sentinels in a position different from that which they occupy in the day time.
A picket is a group consisting of two or more squads, ordinarily not exceeding half a company, posted in the line of outguards to cover a given sector.
Connection should be maintained with the adjoining supports and with the outguards furnished by the supports.
Let us look at the line of outguards for further important considerations and distinctions.
The outguards constitute the line of small detachments farthest to the front and nearest to the enemy.
Instead of usingoutguards along the entire front of observation, part of this front may be covered by patrols only.
When relieved the old outguards return to their supports, the supports to the reserve and the latter to the main body; or, if more convenient, the supports and reserves return to the main body independently, each by the shortest route.
Mounted cavalry at night can offer little resistance; the supports and outguardsare therefore generally dismounted, the horses being under cover in rear, and the positions are strengthened by intrenchments and obstacles.
A picket is a group consisting of two or more squads, ordinarily not exceeding half a company, posted in the line of outguards to cover a given sector.
Lieutenant (to six squads):= We will take the same situation as we had in Problem 1, with squad outguards as before.
It frequently occurs, when training the company in outpost duties, that periods elapse during which the outguards are doing nothing.
The line of resistance is occupied by the supports, the latter sending out the necessary outguards and patrols.
But little did the Americans suspect that at the very moment their defence seemed well arranged and their outguards vigilant they were already in the web which the enemy had been silently weaving around them during the night.
They pushed down the road from Bedford, and across the country, to attack the American outguards in the rear, while the Hessians were to come up in front.
Monitaya's outguards had failed and the malocas were surrounded.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outguards" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
