When a battalion is on the move, the second in command will place himself in a position from which he can best superintend the direction of the advance and the covering of the squad commanders on the directing flanks.
4. Ranks will be changed as in Company Drill, S. 63.
5. Except where laid down, the double march is not to be used by companies during the interior movements of a battalion, unless ordered by the commanding officer.
6. If companies move into column or quarter column from both flanks they will pass each other left arm to left arm.
7. In order to practise the battalion in brigade movements, and to give the field officers experience in handling several companies, the battalion will occasionally be divided into two battalions, each of four companies, or of eight companies in single rank.
8. In action, in high wind, and at all times when indistinctly heard, the commanding officer should indicate his orders by signal, where possible (S. 49); such signals should be repeated by as many officers and non-commissioned officers as may be necessary to ensure the transmission of the order.
In battalion movements the orders given by the commanding officer are printed in CAPITALS; those by officers commanding companies in italics. The cautions may be applied to either the right or the left flank although only the former is referred to.
9. Where cautions and commands are given for formations to, or from, one flank only, the same rule applies when forming to, or from the other flank, which will also be practised.
10. Fire action should be practised as directed in S. 72, para. 1.
11. The principles laid down in company drill, S. 60 (3), (4) and (5), apply equally to battalion drill.