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Definition of Patrols
1. patrol [v] - See also: patrol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patrols
Literary usage of Patrols
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"These are patrols sent beyond the line of observation to reconnoiter in the ...
These patrols may be mounted or dismounted. Having a limited field of action ..."
2. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution by Virginia, John Mercer Patton, Conway Robinson (1849)
"Justices may order out patrols. § 1. The county court of each county may, ...
сь. patrols, consisting of an officer either commissioned or non- ..."
3. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"CIVIL patrols The majority of violent abuses of human rights during the period
covered by this report have been committed by members of the civil defense ..."
4. The Service of Security & Information by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1893)
"Flank patrols.—The advance guard passing through a town.—Cavalry patrols. ...
Connecting patrols. —Pursuing patrols Page 88 CHAPTER V. THE CAVALRY SCREEN. ..."
5. Studies in Minor Tactics, 1915 by Ernest Darius Scott (1918)
"Distant patrols To Lieutenant B and Sergeant C, on their arrival, ... Return to
the squadron by dark, before which time new patrols will be sent out. ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"In the United States Army, patrols are classified under the following heads: ...
patrols organized for special or extraordinary purposes, are: Exploring, ..."
7. Cavalry in Future Wars by Friedrich Adam Julius Bernhardi, Charles Sydney Goldman (1906)
"Reconnoitring patrols regulate their movements on those of the enemy. ... It is
their duty to attack and beat off the enemy's patrols, as far as their ..."
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