Historically an infantry square is a combat formation an infantry unit forms in close order usually when threatened with cavalry attack. With the development of modern firearms and the demise of cavalry this formation is now considered obsolete.
Read more about Infantry Square: Very Early History, Forming Square, Breaking A Square, Later Use
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