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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 529 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BATTALION , a unit of military organization consisting of four or more companies of See also:

INFANTRY

infantry. The See also:

TERM

term is used in nearly every See also:

army, and is derived through Fr. from It. battaglionc, Med. See also:

LAT

Lat. battalia (see See also:

BATTLE

BATTLE). " Battalion "in the 16th and 17th centuries implied a unit of infantry forming See also:

PART

part of the See also:

LINE

line:of battle, but at first meant an unusually large batlalia or a single large See also:

BODY

body of men formed of several battalias. In the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

REGULAR

regular service the intantry battalion is commanded by a lieut.-See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, who is assisted by an See also:

ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant, and consists at See also:

war strength of about s000 bayonets in eight companies. See also:

ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers, See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train, certain kinds of See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, and more rarely See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry are also organized in battalions in some countries.

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