light infantry in English

troop of foot soldiers equipped with light weapons

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1. This made it feasible to outrun light infantry and other chariots.

2. Its primary role was light infantry support or assault, with limited anti-tank capability.

3. Aiel fight as light infantry with a standard loadout of bow, spears, and shield

4. The Army's elite mobile Light Infantry Divisions (LID) were managed separately under a staff colonel.

5. Hartmann entered the French army in October 1804 as an infantryman in the 15th Light Infantry Regiment.

6. Aurangzeb was with 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and had been posted to the 44 Rashtriya Rifles

7. The LIV (SO) (Light Infantry Vehicle for Special Operations) stands for an economic alternative system for tanks etc.

8. They anciently constituted a section of the light infantry, and they were backed up by archers and slingers.

9. Pearce, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, who died at Cawnpore on June 25th, 1924, aged 22 years.' Without any doubt, it can be concluded that Kanpur was a cantonment town in 1924 and Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was stationed here.

10. When the knights' charge was finished, light Ottoman cavalry and light infantry counterattacked and the Serbian heavy armor became a disadvantage.

11. After his father was murdered in 1804 he fled to British-held Zakynthos, and enrolled in the British-sponsored Greek light infantry units.

12. The drivers were tired and had "Barracked" their charges inThe Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918

13. All other infantry combat unit troops were raised as light infantry battalions that were dispersed all over the territory to delay enemy movement.

14. The Batavians are the new faction released for LOTN and are a mix of romanized heavy infantry, motivated light infantry, normal skirmishers including longbow

15. Mitchell's study, The 101st Airborne Division's Defense of Bastogne, reveals how a light infantry division, complemented by key attachments, stopped an armor-heavy German corps.

16. A junior at High School of Commerce, was chosen "Miss Worcester Light Infantry” in a Besully contest held on the stage of Loew's Poli Theater.

17. The 1st Belgian Light Infantry did not receive the signal to retreat and engaged in a severe fire-fight with the German armour, slowing down their advance.

18. From the 15th century the light infantry and cavalry of theBasques and Gascons in Spain were called Carabineers; the termwas also used in France from the 16th century

19. From the 15th century the light infantry and cavalry of theBasques and Gascons in Spain were called Carabineers; the termwas also used in France from the 16th century

20. The light infantry class has minimal armor but a larger range of weapons, while the marine is a heavily armored soldier with an assault rifle and grenades.

21. At 03:00 on 1 July, 90th Light Infantry Division advanced east but strayed too far north and ran into the 1st South African Division's defences and became pinned down.

22. The British 6th Battalion Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI) was scratched together from a company of the Royal Marine Artillery and companies from each of the three naval port depots.

23. The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed

24. Armoured and mechanised infantry are moved and supported in action by vehicles, while others may operate amphibiously from ships, or as airborne troops inserted by helicopter, parachute or glider, whereas light infantry may operate mainly on foot.

25. Casemates, the second oldest stone building in Dockyard after the Commissioner’s House, was originally built as barracks for the Royal Marines Light Infantry that were stationed at the Royal Naval Base for fear of retribution by the United States after the War of 1812.

26. Brigade sent us some "Buckshee" camels at the eleventh hour, or at worst we got permission to send some stuff by train, when it could be delivered in due course somewhere within reach.The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918

27. perpetuates the 16th Battalion, and The Calgary Highlanders and The Winnipeg Light Infantry, which perpetuate the 10th Battalion, were at last granted permission to wear a special shoulder badge, shaped like an oak leaf with acorn, in commemoration of the gallant midnight attack on Kitchener’s Wood.

28. Gaebel, Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World, University of Oklahoma Press (→ISBN), page 140 The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed

29. DAVID Baister (1887-1918) 36723, Private David Baister, 1/5th battalion, the Durham Light Infantry was killed in action 27 May 1918 and is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, France.[1] He was 31 years old and is commemorated on the Evenwood and Etherley War Memorials, the Rolls of Honour in St