From what I read on the Infantry of the Napoleonic era, the distance between two Battalions to fire was quite close: 50 meters for the Line Infantry and between 100 and 200 for the Companies Skirmishers and Light Infantry Battalions.
In your opinion, such distances were taken even against enemies such as "tribal" (eg Native Americans)? Or in this case the fire, by the european armies have already started at more long distances?
For example, if the Wellinghton's English Fusiliers in front of Highlanders charging against them, as it happened at Culloden, they would have expected before to start shooting, or they have already opened fire at a greater distance?
Do you know if by chance there was, at that time (Napoleonic era), some field battles between European armies and "tribal" ones?
Do you have any spare text can recommend?
Thank you,
