English bond with 3/4 bats in stretcher course?

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Evening,

Wonder if anyone can help please?

I'm planning to build a 600mm high retaining wall in my garden and I've fallen at the first hurdle unfortunately - trying to work out the bond.
I like the appearance and the strength of English bond so I'm going with that.
The wall will be a 1-brick wall.

I've worked out corners with queen closers in the dry, but I'm stuck at something much more fundamental.

My wall length needs to be 4377.5mm - or as good as (i.e. 39x headers plus 38x 10mm mortar joints).
There are two immovable objects which are forcing this upon me.
The problem I have is making the bond work on the stretcher course with an odd number of headers in the header course.
Can I just use two 3/4 bats at either end of the stretcher course to kick the perpends out of alignment?
I read somewhere that 'bats are not allowed in English bond', and I know I'm only building a garden wall, but I like doing things properly and wondered what the pros would do.

Thanks for any pointers.
Andy.

Edit: After some further Googling, it seems I may be describing a variant of Dutch bond?
 
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You should be able to lose or gain a 1/4 brick over that distance to make it work. But as a last resort, 3/4's may have to do.

Dutch bond has the 3/4's on the header course, replacing the header and closer, IIRC.

There can't be a 3/4 on the end of a stretcher course, as that will give a straight joint with the closer below. For that to work, there could be no closer next to the end header. That could work but I don't recall what that Frankenbond is.
 
Using 3/4 bats on the stretcher course at the quoin is an acceptable method of getting 1/4 bond. Sometimes known as a English bond with a Dutch corner.
 
Dutch bond has the 3/4's on the header course, replacing the header and closer, IIRC.
3/4s on the stretcher course woody or you would have a straight joint at the end, unless you started the stretcher course with a header.
 
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It's easy to gain or lose over 4.4m. Stop fretting over rigid measurements, bricklaying is not like that. Work it out with a dry run first.
 
3/4s on the stretcher course woody or you would have a straight joint at the end, unless you started the stretcher course with a header.
Here are the rules! Rule 1(b) to be exact.

Not only that, it's modern practice to boot.

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And OP, here's Dutch Bond. Note the 1/2 next to the quoin 3/4 every fourth course.

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