[Doc Hoy]

I recall some years ago reading of a test initiated by your countrymen toward the end of the eighteenth century in which they stretched a length of cloth large enough to simulate the frontage of a batallion of continental (Meaning the European continent) infantry drawn up in line.

Then a battalion of British Line fired their muskets in volley at the wall of cloth as a way of determining how many hits might be scored on the enemy infantry.

I don't remember the numbers but I do recall that one of the findings was that at 200 yards an infantryman could "stand with impunity" against a volley of musketry.