Yes, I thought about hatchets, but the words are in relatively modern language. Nothing about muskets, powder, preparing to shoot. There must have been a lot of

Yes, I thought about hatchets, but the words are in relatively modern language. Nothing about muskets, powder, preparing to shoot. There must have been a lot of military training and discipline about the multiple lines of soldiers not only having continuous lines of fire like this describes, but also taking the right amount of time to prepare (load musket, powder and paper (what do they call that?) and fire. Keeping your powder dry, etc.