| For advance guards. | |
| Field Orders | [Title] |
| No. — | [Place] |
| [Reference to map used] | [Date and hour] |
| Troops | 1. [Information of enemy and of our supporting troops] |
| (a) Advance Cavalry: | 2. [Plan of commander] |
| [Commander] | 3. (a) [Instructions for advance cavalry—place and time of departure, roads or country to be covered, special mission] |
| [Troops] | |
| (b) Support: | (b) [Instructions for support—place and time of departure, route, special mission] |
| [Commander] | |
| [Troops] | |
| (c) Reserve—in order | (c) [Instructions for reserve—distance at which it is to follow support] |
| of march: | |
| [Troops] | |
| (d) Right [left] Flank Guard: | (d) [Instructions for flank guard—place and time of departure, route, special mission] |
| [Commander] | |
| [Troops] | |
| 4. [Instructions for field train—generally to join train of column if not previously covered in orders] | |
| 5. [Place of commander or where messages may be sent, location of lines of information] | |
| [Authentication] | |
| [How and to whom issued] | |