demi-brigade

It is the only permanent demi-brigade in the French Army.

The Demi-brigade created a streamlined and simple method of organizing the infantry.

He was then reinforced with the 7th Demi-brigade of Daendels' division.

A demi-brigade was similar to a large regiment, with three demi-brigades equivalent to four regiments.

In the heavy morning mist, they encountered a party French scouts from the 25th demi-brigade concealed behind a hedge.

The purpose of the Demi-brigade was to blend all three formations into a single unit, with identical equipment, organization, pay, and uniforms.

On 4 September he led the 32nd demi-brigade at the Battle of Rovereto.

His demi-brigade then moved to Garnier's division in the armée d'Italie.

He was appointed to command the 39th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade and led it in the 1800 campaign.

After half an hour of artillery fire, Reynier sent the 85th demi-brigade to take the village El Arish.

Capois-la-Mort advanced with a demi-brigade which, horribly multilated, soon recoiled before the cannon fire coming from the fort.

The French 85th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade was roughly handled.

Despinoy held Rezzato and Brescia where he was joined by a demi-brigade from Milan.

The 13th Demi-brigade was part of Oudinot's II Corps.

It so happened that the French 51st Line Infantry Demi-Brigade was marching through the center of town.

Chef de brigade was a military rank, equivalent to colonel, in the French Revolutionary army, in command of a demi-brigade.

The 900-man 11th Light Infantry Demi-Brigade and four guns were isolated and captured during the successful operation.

Hyacinthe Despinoy had one demi-brigade at Peschiera, another with Masséna and more troops on the march.

The Demi-brigade amalgamated the various infantry organizations of the French Revolutionary infantry into a single unit.

Actually a rectangle, the first and second demi-brigades of the division formed the front and rear faces, while the third demi-brigade formed the two sides.

In May 1802, he was given command of the chasseurs basque, which became the 16th demi-brigade garrisoned in Angoulême.

Bollardière was in command of a paratrooper demi-brigade at the outbreak of the First Indochina War.

Early in the morning, Kollowrat drove back the French 108th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade.

He is best known for his command of the 14th Brooklyn and a demi-brigade during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.

At the commencement of the campaign, the demi-brigade was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Jules Gaucher.