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GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, war)

GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, See also:
WAR
WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)
war) , a See also:

TERM

term currently used to denote war carried on by bands in any irregular and unorganized manner. At the See also:

HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague See also:

CONFERENCE

Conference of 1899 the position of irregular combatants was one of the subjects dealt with, and the rules there adopted were reaffirmed at the Conference of 1907. They provide that irregular bands in See also:

order to enjoy recognition as belligerent forces shall (a) have at their See also:

head a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person responsible for his subordinates, (b) See also:

WEAR

wear some fixed distinctive badge recognizable at a distance, (c) carry arms openly, and (d) conform in their operations to the See also:

LAWS

laws and customs of war. The rules, however, also provide that in See also:

case of invasion the inhabitants of a territory who on the approach of the invading enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist it, shall be regarded as belligerent troops if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war, although they may not have had See also:

time to become organized in accordance with the above provisions. These rules were borrowed almost word for word from the project See also:

DRAWN

drawn up at the See also:

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

international conference of 1874, which, though never ratified, was practically incorporated in the See also:

army regulations issued by the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

government in connexion with the war of 1877–78. (T.

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