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Encyclopedia Britannica



ECHELON (Fr. from ecltelle, ladder)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 871 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ECG-EMS
ECHELON (Fr. from ecltelle, ladder) , in military tactics, a formation of troops in which each
body
  of troops is retired on, but not behind, the flank of the next in front, the position of the whole thus resembling the steps of a
staircase
 . To form
echelon
  from line, the parts of the line move off, each
direct
  to its front, in succession, so that when the formation is completed the rightmost
body
 , for example, is farthest advanced, the one originally next on its left is to the left
rear
 , a third is to the left
rear
  of the second, and so on. The word is also used more loosely to
express
  successive lines, irrespective of distances and relative positions, e.g. the " second
echelon
  of ammunition
supply
 ," which is fully a day's
march
  behind the first.


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