field army

noun

1. army ( def 2 ).

field army

noun

1. military the largest formation of a land force, usually consisting of two or more corps with supporting arms and services

Example Sentences

As a military enterprise, a rapid construction for the support of a field army, it is but a childish chimera.

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Members of this committee are placed on duty with large organizations (for instance, a division, a field army, etc.).

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The Belgian field army consisted of six divisions and a brigade of cavalry and numbered, on paper at least, about 180,000 men.

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In brief, the scheme was the formation of a composite Field Army, backed by a second line of partially trained Auxiliaries.

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Independently of the Field Army, the Volunteers had mobilised, and were occupying the lines north and south of the metropolis.

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