QUARTERS, at a siege, the encampment upon one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and convoys.
Head QUARTERS of an Army, the place where the commander in chief has his quarters. The quarters of generals of horse are, if possible, in villages behind the right and left wings, and the generals of foot are often in the same place: but the commander in chief should be near the centre of the army.
QUARTERS of Refreshment, the place or places where
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troops that have been much harassed are put to recover themselves during some part of the campaign.