The British army fought against other infantry arrayed in two ranks and every man could use his musket, and if cavalry threatened they marched and wheeled into a square of four ranks, and still every man could use his musket, but the soldiers at the heart of the two French columns could never fire without hitting the men in front.
Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, p. 226 - Sharpe (Novel Series) - Sharpe's Havoc (2003)
