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  • 111Tokugawa Yoshinobu — Infobox Officeholder | name= Tokugawa Yoshinobu nationality=Japanese small caption=Tokugawa Yoshinobu in French military uniform, c.1867 order=15th Edo Shogun term start=1867 term end=1868 predecessor=Tokugawa Iemochi successor=none (position… …

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  • 112John Mordaunt (British Army officer) — General Sir John Mordaunt, KB (1697 ndash; 23 October 1780) was an English soldier and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer.He entered the army in 1721, was promoted captain in George Wade s Regiment… …

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  • 113alamo — /al euh moh , ah leuh /, n., pl. alamos. Southwestern U.S. a poplar. [1830 40; < Sp álamo poplar, ult. < a pre Roman language of Iberia] * * * Eighteenth century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans&#8230; …

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  • 114Alamo — /al euh moh /, n. a Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas, besieged by Mexicans on February 23, 1836, during the Texan war for independence and taken on March 6, 1836, with its entire garrison killed. * * * Eighteenth century mission in San&#8230; …

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  • 115garrison — /gar euh seuhn/, n. 1. a body of troops stationed in a fortified place. 2. the place where such troops are stationed. 3. any military post, esp. a permanent one. v.t. 4. to provide (a fort, town, etc.) with a garrison. 5. to occupy (a fort, post …

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  • 116Battalia — Bat*tal ia (b[a^]t*t[=a]l y[.a]; 106), n. [LL. battalia battle, a body of troops. See {Battle}, n.] 1. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. [1913 Webster]&#8230; …

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  • 117Battalion — Bat*tal ion (b[a^]t*t[a^]l y[u^]n; 106), n. [F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione. See {Battalia}.] 1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. [archaic] The whole battalion views. Milton. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. (Mil.) An&#8230; …

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  • 118Brigade — Bri*gade , n. [F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See {Brigand}.] 1. (Mil.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more&#8230; …

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  • 119Brigade inspector — Brigade Bri*gade , n. [F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See {Brigand}.] 1. (Mil.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or&#8230; …

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  • 120Brigade major — Brigade Bri*gade , n. [F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See {Brigand}.] 1. (Mil.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or&#8230; …

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