Flying camp
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In military strategy, a flying camp, or camp-volant, was a small but strong army of cavalry and dragoons, to which were sometimes added foot soldiers. Such an army was usually commanded by a lieutenant general, and was always in motion, both to cover the garrisons in possession, and to keep the adversary in continual alarm.[1][2]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Flying Camp, for the American use of the concept in 1776
References
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- ^ "Camp". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. 1989.
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