Division

Division, partition. Division (of troops or warships). Branch of Government Office. Division d’infanterie. Army Division. Division de cavalerie. Cavalry division directly under Commander in Chief or Army Commander.—Division de réserve. Reserve division.—Division au petit pied. Infantry division without part of its artillery, engineers, etc.; weak division Division du Grand Pare. See Pare.—Division isolée. Division acting independently.—Division encadrée. Division acting with other troops on both flanks. Division du travail. Division of labour.—Grande division, petite division. Main division and sub division of a scale. [p.190]