MAN

to man the works, is to post the soldiers on the lines so as to be ready for their defence, . In the plural number it means soldiers, as an army consisting of 12,000 men. Flank-front-rank - Man . Each soldier upon the right and left extremity of the first line or rank of any given body of troops is so called. Flank-rear-rank - Man . Each soldier upon the right and left extremity of the last line or rank of any given body of troops. When a company or battalion is drawn up three deep, the two men who stand at the extremities of the centre line may be called flank-centre-rank-men .