(military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc.
#HeritageCrime News Ninety years on from the start of the Spanish Civil War, memorials to members of the International Brigade which fought at the battle of Jarama, including the British Battalion, have been vandali…
The Battalion gathered outside the beautiful Cloth Hall in Ypres. Ready for our first full day of learning.
(military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
“Holly crap… The russian Federation lost half a battalion of soldiers on the Alexandrovsk direction, but did not advance a single meter. Ukrainian defenders eliminated 274 enemy soldiers.”
“butler holy war LETS FUCKIMG GOOOOOO UNLEASH THE JEEVES BATTALION”
“I wonder if Buchanan was inspired by the Women's Battalion of Death for her? Maria Bochkareva's memoir came out in English in 1919 I think.”
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(military) A military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
(military, historical) The fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment.
(UK, military, historical) A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.
Despite the whole setup being prohibitively expensive I really want to play Steel Battalion lololol
“DVIDS – Images – 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) tour their new home at Baumholder, Germany [Image 8 of 8] https://www.europesays.com/germany/10549/ Issued by: on U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Lawrence Ferguson,…”
““He’s tremendously lucky,” Suffolk Battalion Chief/Fire Marshall Chris Cornwell said.”
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Any large body of troops.
“#HeritageCrime News Ninety years on from the start of the Spanish Civil War, memorials to members of the International Brigade which fought at the battle of Jarama, including the British Battalion, have been vandalised.”
“The Battalion gathered outside the beautiful Cloth Hall in Ypres. Ready for our first full day of learning.”
“Despite the whole setup being prohibitively expensive I really want to play Steel Battalion lololol”
“1st Petrograd Women's Death Battalion, 2nd Company. The battalion was an all-female combat unit formed in Petrograd in May 1917 to boost morale and shame war-weary male soldiers into continuing the fight.”
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(US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
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