skirmishers
81McLaws' Assault — Sickles vs. McLaws Part of Battle of Gettysburg McLaws Assault on The Wheatfield (center) had begun after a portion of Hood …
82Napoleonic tactics — describe certain battlefield strategies used by national armies from the late 18th century until the invention and adoption of the rifled musket in the mid 19th century. Napoleonic tactics are characterized by intense drilling of soldiers, the… …
83Franklin–Nashville Campaign — Map of the Franklin Nashville Campaign   Confederate …
84Elite (Osprey) — Elite ... Pays  Royaume Uni Langue Anglais Genre Histoire militaire …
85Combatant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Combatant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 combatant combatant Sgm: N 1 disputant disputant controversialist polemic litigant belligerent Sgm: N 1 competitor competitor rival corrival Sgm: N 1 …
86skirmish line — noun : a line of skirmishers; especially : the skirmishes in advance of a line of battle * * * skirmish line, a line of skirmishers, thrown out, as to feel the enemy or protect the main body from unexpected attack …
87skir|mish|er — «SKUR mih shuhr», noun. 1. a person who skirmishes: »Round its front played a crowd of skirmishers…flying, reforming, shrieking insults (Rudyard Kipling). 2. one of the soldiers sent out in advance of an army, as to clear the way for the main… …
88hulan — Uhlan Uh lan, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk. ogl[=a]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also {ulan}, and formerly {hulan}.] 1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) One of a kind… …
89Retire — Re*tire , n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon. [1913 Webster] [Eve] discover d soon the place of her retire.… …
90Skirmish — Skir mish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skirmished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skirmishing}.] [OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origin; cf. OHG. scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm …
