The Chevalier de Folard (13 February 1669 – 23 March 1752) was a professional soldier from Avignon which at the time was part of the Papal State. A military theorist, he championed the use of infantry columns, rather than the prevailing preference for linear formations. Although his ideas were generally dismissed by contemporaries and he died in obscurity, they remained influential in the long-running debate on tactics that followed. (From Wikipedia) More about Jean-Charles Folard:
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Books by Jean-Charles Folard: Folard, Jean-Charles, chevalier de, 1669-1752, contrib.: Histoire d'Epaminondas, Général des Thébains (in French; Leide: B. vander Aa, 1741), by Seran de La Tour
Additional books by Jean-Charles Folard in the extended shelves: Folard, Jean-Charles, chevalier de, 1669-1752: Histoire de Polybe, (Chez Pierre Gandouin ... Julien-Michel Gandouin ... Pierre-François Giffart ... Nicolas-Pierre Armand ..., 1727), also by Polybius, Jean Charles de Folard, and Vincent Thuillier (page images at HathiTrust) Folard, Jean-Charles, chevalier de, 1669-1752: Histoire de Polybe (chez Z. Chatelain et fils, 1753), also by Polybius and Vincent Thuillier (page images at HathiTrust) Folard, Jean-Charles, chevalier de, 1669-1752: Kern aus des Ritters Herrn von Folard Erklärungen über die Geschichte des Polybius : zum Gebrauche eines Officiers, von hoher Hand : nebst den zum Verstande dieses kurzen Begriffes nöthigen Rissen und Vorstellungen (s.n.], 1760), also by King of Prussia Frederick II and Polybius (page images at HathiTrust) Folard, Jean-Charles, chevalier de, 1669-1752: L'esprit du chevalier Folard tiré des ses commentaires sur l'Histoire de Polybe pour l'usage d'un officier. De main de maître. Avec les plans & les figures nécessaires pour l'intelligence de cet abregé. (Par la Compagnie de Libraires, 1760), also by King of Prussia Frederick II and Polybius (page images at HathiTrust) Folard, Jean-Charles, chevalier de, 1669-1752: Supplement a l'Histoire de Polybe (Chez Arkstée et Merkus, 1774), also by Polybius, Vincent Thuillier, and Arkstée et Merkus (page images at HathiTrust)
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