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GRANADIER

Volume 10 · 81 words · 1823 Edition

soldier armed with a sword, a firelock, a bayonet, and a pouch full of hand grenades. They wear high caps, are generally the tallest and briskest fellows, and are always the first upon all attacks.

Every battalion of foot has generally a company of grenadiers belonging to it; or else four or five grenadiers belong to each company of the battalion, which, on occasion, are drawn out, and form a company of themselves. These always take the right of the battalion.