The Chevalier de Folard was a professional soldier from Avignon which at the time was part of the Papal State. A military theorist, he championed the use of infantry columns, rather than the prevailing preference for linear formations.
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Cassano 1705; badly wounded in the battle, his experience there shaped many of Folard's ideas on offensive tactics
Charles XII of Sweden, whom Folard viewed as the most talented general of the period
Illustration in Folard's Histoire de Polybe, showing light artillery operating in front of their lines, a method used by the Swedish militaryWriters from France 6
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The Chevalier de Folard was a professional soldier from Avignon which at the time was part of the Papal State. A military theorist, he championed the use of infantry columns, rather than the prevailing preference for linear formations. Although his ideas were generally dismissed by contemporaries and he died in obscurity, they remained influential in the long-running debate on tactics that followed.
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