Excerpt from The System of Field Manoeuvres: Best Adapted for Enabling Our Troops to Meet a Continental Army

This Essay was written in consequence of the following announcement, which appeared about a year ago in 'The Times:' -

"Prize For A Military Essay.

"The Duke of Wellington, desiring to promote professional knowledge and the expression of original ideas among Officers of the Army, proposes, with the concurrence of His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, to give £100 as a prize for the best Military Essay, on the following conditions: -

"'I. Subject of the Essay - "The System of Field Manoeuvres best adapted for enabling our Troops to meet a Continental Army."

"'This subject will be treated under the following heads: -

"'(a) Mode of forming the columns of march when a collision with the enemy may be expected.

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