See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the See also:

• ENGLISH

English use of the word See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century)  , a unit in military organization commanded by a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, brigadier-general or See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and composed of two or more regiments of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry or See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery . The See also:

• BRITISH

British infantry See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade consists as a See also:

• RULE

rule of four battalions (or about 4000 bayonets) with See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply, transport and medical See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units attached; the cavalry brigade of two or three regiments of cavalry . An artillery " brigade " (See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, and heavy) is in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain a smaller unit, forming a lieut.-colonel's command and consisting of two or three batteries . (See ARriy, ARTILLERY, INFANTRY, and CAVALRY.) The See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of an infantry or cavalry brigade usually consists of the brigadier commanding, his aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, and the brigade-major, a staff officer whose duties are inter-mediate between those of an See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant and those of a general staff officer .