He had accordingly stationed his brigade in such a manner that, viewed from above and from a distance, one would havepronounced it the Roman triangle of the battle of Ecnomus, the boar's head of Alexander or the famous wedge of Gustavus Adolphus.
Il avait donc échelonné sa brigade de telle façon que, vue de haut et de loin, vous eussiez dit le triangle romain de la bataille d’Ecnome, la tête-de-porc d’Alexandre, ou le fameux coin de Gustave-Adolphe.