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

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• ENGLISH

English use of the word

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• DATES

dates from the

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

early 17th

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

century)  , a unit in military organization commanded by a major-general, brigadier-general or colonel, and composed of two or more regiments of infantry, cavalry or artillery . The British infantry brigade consists as a rule of four battalions (or about 4000 bayonets) with supply, transport and medical units attached; the cavalry brigade of two or three regiments of cavalry . An artillery " brigade " (field, horse, and heavy) is in Great Britain a smaller unit, forming a lieut.-colonel's command and consisting of two or three batteries . (See ARriy, ARTILLERY, INFANTRY, and CAVALRY.) The staff of an infantry or cavalry brigade usually consists of the brigadier commanding, his aide-de-camp, and the brigade-major, a staff officer whose duties are inter-mediate between those of an adjutant and those of a general staff officer .