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| Chequered retreat | 1/1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chequered_retreat | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T14:29:53.022267+00:00 | kb-cron |
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.
== See also == List of established military terms
== Notes ==
== References == 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