Batteries should seldom be placed so as to fire over other troops, for they will not only be intimidated by this fire, but also exposed to the opposing fire of the enemy's artillery.

A large number of pieces should never be crowded into the same place, but an interval should be left between the guns of forty or fifty feet, according to the locality.

The most favorable position for this arm in ordinary ground, is in the intervals between the regiments or brigades of the line, and far enough in advance of this line not to draw upon the other troops the fire of the enemy's artillery.

The flanks of the line are also favorable for the action of this arm.
Sometimes artillery has been employed to form a part of the line of battle; but such instances are exceptions, and can never be comprised in general rules.

Whenever this disposition has been made, it has resulted from the defective character of the other arms, or from some peculiar circumstance in the battle which enabled a bold and skilful commander to deviate from the ordinary rules of tactics.