The column formation was narrow and long, suitable for marching down a road or moving quickly towards the enemy across an open field.

The central point of his tactics was his proposed column formation for infantry.

Six armored vehicles are closing with my position, moving in column formation through moderately thick woods to the west.

The Roman officer rallied his troops and drew up in column formation fifty yards from the bridge.

Davis's division, to the right of Newton's, also advanced in column formation.

The column formation was extensively used by Chinese infantry during the Korean War.

This utilization of column formation also give birth to the term human wave attack.

Their column formation allowed only the front rows of soldiers to fire safely.

Fully eighty troopers, half of which rode in column formation in front, halted us as we approached.

While the French favoured column formation, the line formation enabled all muskets available to fire at the enemy.