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Encyclopedia Britannica



BATTALION

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 529 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC
BATTALION , a unit of military organization consisting of four or more companies of
infantry
 . The
term
  is used in nearly every army, and is derived through Fr. from It. battaglionc, Med. Lat. battalia (see
BATTLE
 ). " Battalion "in the 16th and 17th centuries implied a unit of
infantry
  forming
part
  of the line:of
battle
 , but at first meant an unusually large batlalia or a single large
body
  of men formed of several battalias. In the British
regular
  service the intantry battalion is commanded by a lieut.-colonel, who is assisted by an
adjutant
 , and consists at war strength of about s000 bayonets in eight companies.
Engineers
 ,
train
 , certain kinds of artillery, and more rarely cavalry are also organized in battalions in some countries.


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