7 uses
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Definition
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- I want you to attack en echelon, to take Cemetery Hill in reverse.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (12% in)
- Well, we will step off in echelon, from right to left.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (17% in)
- Lee's attack was en echelon.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (59% in)
- Lee's echelon plan would never work.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (70% in)
- Even now, if Lee attacked en echelon, some of the brigades could not attack before dark, unless everything went very smoothly, and it would not go smoothly, not today.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (81% in)
- But it was the point of an echelon attack.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (94% in)
- He does not realize the attack is en echelon for a while; he thinks perhaps it is a diversion, and he will be hit on another flank.2.3 — Day 2 Chapter 3 (95% in)
There are no more uses of "echelon" in The Killer Angels.
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