Read full poem →in the hazardous work of a machine
gun battalion in Flanders fields and
France, escaping unhurt, this narra-
Dictionary Entry
An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
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Common Phrases
. battalioncommander battalionheadquarters battalionbattalion infantrybattalion onebattalion firstbattalion secondbattalion tank
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Poetry examples for “battalion”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And while the dawn begins with slashing rain
I think of the Battalion in the mud.
"When are you going out to them again?
Read full poem →in spite of delicate health, he joined the Artists' Rifles O.T.C., was
gazetted to the Manchester Regiment, and served with their 2nd Battalion
in France from December 1916 to June 1917, when he was invalided home.