infantry brigade

collocation in English

meaningsofinfantryandbrigade

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infantry
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈɪn.fən.tri/us
/ˈɪn.fən.tri/
the part of an army that fights ...
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brigade
noun
uk
/brɪˈɡeɪd/us
/brɪˈɡeɪd/
a large group of soldiers in ...
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(Definition ofinfantryandbrigadefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although designated a reserve division, it was initially composed of one active and one reserveinfantrybrigade.
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He led aninfantrybrigadein the 1805 campaign and commanded a dragoon division in 1806 and 1807.
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This counterattack, which had developed about 16:00, forced theinfantrybrigadeto face north to meet the attack.
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Mobile divisions might consist of either a cavalry brigade or aninfantrybrigadein buses and two mixed armoured brigades.
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Who thought of putting aninfantrybrigadehere, of carving up a city like this in the middle of potentially enemy territory?
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I believe that the ordinaryinfantrybrigademust in future be trained on the lines of the motorised battalion.
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That communication is alleged to have come from seven soldiers in a well-trainedinfantrybrigade.
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The new division will have its own medium artillery regiment, and eachinfantrybrigadewithin the division its own armoured regiment.
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It can be broken down easily into a brigade group formed of aninfantrybrigade, an armoured regiment and a field regiment.
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In these circumstances, is it enough to have, as we are told we are going to have, one independentinfantrybrigadeearmarked for such tasks?
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I believe that the car-marking of an independentinfantrybrigadefor immediate service wherever it may be required is a really sound plan.
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He outlined the composition of the two types of this group, theinfantrybrigadeand the armoured brigade group.
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We can still provide at home a fully constitutedinfantrybrigadeplus several unbrigaded units.
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Oneinfantrybrigadegroup less its armoured regiment will be withdrawn.
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If he cannot tell us about the 10,000, let us know about thatinfantrybrigade.
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It is our intention to provide armoured personnel carriers to carry infantry in theinfantrybrigadegroups.
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That should be the future establishment of aninfantrybrigade.
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I want to make it clear that these divisions are divisions of infantry grouping, in the same way as aninfantrybrigadeis a grouping of battalions.
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Our object is to decide on the best composition for aninfantrybrigade, and with this intention we are trying out various forms of battalion and brigade organisation.
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The federalinfantrybrigadehe had been ordered to rout from the field had somehow turned into an entire federal division.
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This was organised as a mountedinfantrybrigade.
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During the war, most divisions became triangular - oneinfantrybrigadewith three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments (a square division).
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Eachinfantrybrigadewas about 3,600 strong, each cavalry brigade was about half that size.
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