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Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).

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The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops

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A regiment of infantry

Several thousand cavalry crossed in front of the infantry, who had to wait.

The infantry in their blue uniforms advanced toward the bridge at a run.

In front, the French infantry were firing as they ran.

And the owner of the manly voice, evidently an infantry officer, laughed.

And again and again in the complete darkness Tushin's guns moved forward, surrounded by the humming infantry as by a frame.

On October 11, 1805, one of the infantry regiments that had just reached Braunau had halted half a mile from the town, waiting to be inspected by the commander-in-chief.

The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing together as they approached it as if passing through a funnel.

The infantry, which wasthe first in Europe to be armed with the magazine rifle, still carries this, the Lebel, rifle which dates from 1886.

They numbered 40,000 to 50,000 infantry, and formed the greater part of the Russian armies in the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Each army corps consists in principle of two infantry divisions, one cavalry brigade, one brigade of horse and field artillery, one engineer battalion and one squadron of train.

Barry Links, a triangular sandy track occupying the south-eastern corner of the shire, are used as a camping and manoeuvring ground for the artillery and infantry forces of the district, and occasionally of Scotland.

The infantry and rifles are armed with small-bore magazine rifles, and the active artillery have steel breech-loaders with extreme ranges of 4150 to 4700 yds.

The Swedish infantry was well nigh annihilated, while the 14,000 cavalry, exhausted and demoralized, surrendered two days later at Perevolochna on Dnieper.

The Macedonian cavalry was recruited from a higher grade of society than the infantry, the petite noblesse of the nation.

Manning, and small numbers of British and Boer mounted infantry, Indian and African troops were employed, while an Abyssinian force held the line of the Webi Shebeli.

It was made up of 7000 infantry, 1000 cavalry and 2000 camp followers and included thirteen Europeans.

There are 96 infantry battalions of redif class I.; each regiment composed of 4 battalions - total 384 battalions.

The grand master of ordnance is co-equal with the minister of war, and his department is classed separately in the budget; the artillery establishments, parts of the infantry and of the technical corps, and even hospitals are placed under his direct orders.

Napoleon's object being surprise, all the cavalry except a few vedettes were kept back behind the leading infantry columns and these latter were ordered to advance, on the signal being given, in " masses of manoeuvre, " so as to crush at once any outpost resistance which was calculated upon the time required for the deployment of ordinary marching columns.

The rival artilleries held each other too thoroughly to be able to spare attention to the infantry, whilst the Prussian cavalry, which had forgotten how to charge in masses of eighty or more squadrons, frittered away their strength in isolated efforts.

Organization and tactics did not affect the issue directly, for the conduct of the men and their junior officers gave abundant proof that in the hands of a competent leader the " linear " principle of delivering one shattering blow would have proved superior to that of a gradual attrition of the enemy here, as on the battlefields of the Peninsula and at Waterloo, and this in spite of other defects in the training of the Prussian infantry which simultaneously caused its defeat on the neighbouring field of Auerstadt.

Even then the day might have been saved had Blucher been able to find even twenty squadrons accustomed to gallop together, but the Prussian cavalry had been dispersed amongst the infantry commands, and at the critical moment it proved impossible for them to deliver a united and decisive attack.

Murat boasted that he had ioo,000 men behind him, and on his return Massenbach implored his chief to submit to an unconditional surrender, advice which the prince accepted, though as a fact Murat's horses were completely exhausted and he had no infantry whatever within call.

Their artillery was numerous and for the most part of heavy calibre - 18and 24-pounders were common - but the strength of the army lay in its infantry, with its incomparable tenacity in defence and its blind confidence in the bayonet in attack.

Meanwhile Soult had followed with his infantry in close support, and the emperor himself arriving, ordered him to attack at once.

Hence the extraordinary slowness of their manoeuvres, not because the Austrian infantry were bad marchers, but because the preparation and circulation of orders was still far behind the French standard.

As it was, the allies made good their retreat and the French were too exhausted for infantry pursuit.

Both the British and Portuguese artillery, as well as infantry, greatly distinguished themselves in these battles.

The fiery enthusiasm of the Gordons and other clans often carried the day, but Montrose relied more upon the disciplined infantry which had followed Alastair Macdonald from Ireland.

The time of drilling was reduced to 240 days for the infantry, to 300 days for the navy, while for the cavalry and artillery the time fixed was 365 days.

In 1904 the permanent force consisted of 12 battalions of infantry, 6 regiments of cavalry, 4 regiments of mountain artillery, 1 regiment of horse artillery, 2 regiments of coast artillery, and 5 companies of engineers - aggregating 915 officers and 4757 men.

Like all infantry officers he wore no mustache, so that his mouth, the most striking feature of his face, was clearly seen.

On the left our troops were close to a copse, in which smoked the bonfires of our infantry who were felling wood.

They were still firing, not at the cavalry which had disappeared, but at French infantry who had come into the hollow and were firing at our men.

But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, were by no means ready for the impending action.

The troops of the left flank, infantry and hussars alike, felt that the commander did not himself know what to do, and this irresolution communicated itself to the men.

It was all that they could do to get the guns up the rise aided by the infantry, and having reached the village of Gruntersdorf they halted.

From all sides were heard the footsteps and talk of the infantry, who were walking, driving past, and settling down all around.

With the soldier, an infantry officer with a bandaged cheek came up to the bonfire, and addressing Tushin asked him to have the guns moved a trifle to let a wagon go past.

He had not seen the hussars all that day, but had heard about them from an infantry officer.

Rostov saw the Cossacks and then the first and second squadrons of hussars and infantry battalions and artillery pass by and go forward and then Generals Bagration and Dolgorukov ride past with their adjutants.

Higher up stood some Russian infantry, neither moving forward to protect the battery nor backward with the fleeing crowd.

He also saw French infantry soldiers who were seizing the artillery horses and turning the guns round.

He could also, by the gleam of bayonets visible through the smoke, make out moving masses of infantry and narrow lines of artillery with green caissons.

A little behind the hussars came Denisov, accompanied by two infantry officers with whom he was talking.

If not, as the demand was booked against an infantry regiment, there will be a row and the affair may end badly.

But instead of that, at the next village the sentinels of Davout's infantry corps detained him as the pickets of the vanguard had done, and an adjutant of the corps commander, who was fetched, conducted him into the village to Marshal Davout.

The infantry in front of them parted into platoons to allow the cavalry to pass.

The artillery and baggage wagons moved noiselessly through the deep dust that rose to the very hubs of the wheels, and the infantry sank ankle-deep in that soft, choking, hot dust that never cooled even at night.

First along the dusty road came the infantry in ranks, bareheaded and with arms reversed.