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Foot not held down by too many arms?
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light infantry
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Light infantry is a military unit that fights on foot without or with few heavy weapons and armor. Light infantry may also refer to: King's Shropshire Light Infantry The Light Infantry King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Light \Light\, a. [Compar. Lighter (l[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Lightest .] [OE. light, liht, AS. l[=i]ht, le['o]ht; akin to D. ligt, G. leicht, OHG. l[=i]hti, Icel. l[=e]ttr, Dan. let, Sw. l["a]tt, Goth. leihts, and perh. to L. levis (cf. Levity ), Gr. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Ground combat soldiers who are not mechanized, and whose role is harass the enemy in front of the main body of infantry.
Usage examples of light infantry.
The British skirmishers, reinforced by newly arrived battalions of light infantry, were beginning to blunt the fire of the Voltigeurs.
This means that the Iraqi opposition forces would have to assault dug-in Iraqi defensive positions--a challenge for any light infantry and especially difficult because static defensive operations are one of the few things the Iraqi armed forces perform reasonably well.
He could not see their faces at this distance, but he could tell that one of the men was wearing a long straight sword and Loup knew that British light infantry officers wore curved sabres.
To complete their discomfiture the elephants, scared by the sudden onsets of the cavalry and the rapid movements of the light infantry, rushed from the wings into the centre of the line.
French Light infantry, their red epaulettes distinctive in the sunlight, and Sharpe swore for he knew that these troops had been sent out of the fortresses to see Delmas to safety.
This was quite a normal procedure in the mechanized infantry and armor communities, but not nearly as common in the light infantry world.
A light infantry company at full strength with the normal attachments was one twelfth that size .
Sir, you know all about light infantry tactics, probably heavy infantry too, but I know suits and suit tactics.