BATTALION
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 3
A division of the infantry in an army, composed of a variable number of men: at present, in the English service, it is about 750. One battalion generally constitutes a regiment; but some, as those of the Guards, two battalions, and a regiment of artillery of ich battalion is generally divided into ten companies it; Is commanded by its own colonel; and several battalions or regiments are, on service, all united under one truer, forming a brigade. [s. 151]
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