All 6 Uses of
battalion
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- He had followed this company commander to battalion headquarters where the battalion commander, who had been a barber before the movement, was filled with enthusiasm on hearing the account of his mission.†
Chpt 40
- He had followed this company commander to battalion headquarters where the battalion commander, who had been a barber before the movement, was filled with enthusiasm on hearing the account of his mission.†
Chpt 40
- He had then roused his adjutant, turned over the battalion to him, and sent his orderly to wake up and bring his motorcyclist.†
Chpt 40 *
- Take this sportsman and get back to your battalion.†
Chpt 40
- He had stored much in the year and a half in which he had risen to the command of a battalion in the Sierra and now, as the Lieutenant-Colonel came into the room in his pajamas he drew himself stiff and saluted.†
Chpt 40
- "I am Captain Rogelio Gomez of the first battalion of the Sixty-Fifth Brigade and I ask where is the headquarters of General Golz," Gomez said.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
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(battalion) a large group of soldiers -- especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies