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BIVOUAC (a French word generally said to have been introduced during the See also: night-See also: watch by a whole army under arms to prevent surprise
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In See also: modern military See also: par-See also: lance the word is used to mean a temporary encampment in the open See also: field without tents, as opposed to " billets " or " cantonment " on the one
See also: hand and " See also: camp " on the other
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The use of bivouacs permits an army to remain closely concentrated for all emergencies, and avoids the See also: necessity for numerous wagons. carrying tents
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See also: Constant bivouacs, however, are trying to the See also: health of men and horses, and this method of quartering is never employed except when the military situation demands concentration and . readiness
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Thus the outposts would often have to bivouac while the See also: main See also: body of the army See also: lay in billets
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