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A Chequered retreat (French: retraite en échiquier) is so called from the several component parts of a pre-mechanised line or battalion, which alternately retreat and face about in the presence of an enemy, exhibiting the figure of the chequered squares upon a chess board.[1]

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  1. ^ James 1816, p. 845.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: James, Charles (1816), An Universal Military Dictionary, in English and French: In which are Explained the Terms of the Principal Sciences that are Necessary for the Information of an Officer, T. Egerton, p. 745


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