0 a military unit consisting of three or more companies
1 a large military unit under a single leader, consisting of three or more companies
But these men were carrying guns and were formed in battalions and regiments.
I have lost every friend I have got in the battalion, except Neil here and you.
I met a young officer of the machine-gun battalion, and lending him my glasses pointed out where the Germans were massing.
In July the battalion was relieved from this brigade and attached directly to corps headquarters.
The rival factions split and each formed their own battalion, which stayed apart until 1921.
Fighting units had been standardized, so that the company, battalion, or division were terms used to denote approximately equivalent formations in every force.
It consisted of twelve infantry battalions, divided into three brigades, supported by three brigades of artillery.
