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Show Th Army "Unit." Wo hear a good deal about "units" of tbe Ilrltlsh army, and It Is not always easy to know what it means. When an army that Is, several army corpt Is fighting, the unit mean an army corpt When an army corpt Is fighting, fight-ing, th unit It the dlvltlon, or one third of the corps. When a division Is fighting a unit meant a brigade, or ont halt of the division. When a brlgadt Is fighting, tho unit means a battalion, or on fourth of tho brigade. Usually, however, a unit Is used to mean one ot th following. A battalion of Infantry In-fantry 1,000 men, a squadron of cavalry caval-ry HO men, a battery of artillery six guns, a company of mounted Infantry lit men, a company of engineer, ot the Army Service Corps, and of other neoesaary troops. |