orders of battle
- plural of order of battle.
Example Sentences
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Not informed of the failure of the Confederates on the left and the loss of their vantage-ground, we looked with confidence for them to follow the orders of battle.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
All the orders of battle may be formed of squares as well as with deployed lines.
From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry
They first formed a strong picket cordon entirely around the swamps, and then, drawn up in two orders of battle, advanced boldly into the bogs by two lines of march.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred
It may even be called the most reasonable of all the orders of battle.
From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry
The different orders of battle, or the grand maneuvers proper for the attack of the enemy's line.
From The Art of War by Mendell, George Henry
