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<p><b>Line infantry</b> was a type of <a href="page.php?w=infantry">infantry</a> that trained and organized to fight in <a href="page.php?w=Line_%28formation%29">linear formations</a>, usually arranged two or three ranks deep, to deliver coordinated volleys of musket or rifle fire. This method of warfare began in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, with its origins commonly attributed to reforms by <a href="page.php?w=Maurice%2C_Prince_of_Orange">Maurice of Nassau</a> and the Dutch army. Dutch practices were soon adopted by other</p><p>
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