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Regiments and line
** Line infantry, a line formation of infantrymen who were part of the " Line Regiments "
Three Infantry Regiments, one independent infantry battalion, and one artillery battalion took Nam Bac and established a defensive line north of Luang Prabang.
The brigade consisted of the 1st Royal and 6th Inniskilling Regiments of Dragoons in the first line and the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons ( Scots Greys ) in reserve.
The 1st Division included the Grenadiers Piedmontais, the 30th Legne ( light infantry ), and portions of the 2nd, 3rd, and 78th Regiments Ligne ( line infantry ), totaling approximately 4, 500 men.
At 04: 30, the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, commanded by Colonel J. R. Royston, was ordered up by Chauvel from Etmaler and went into action in front of Mount Royston to support and prolong the 1st Light Horse Brigade's right flank by moving up the 6th and 7th Light Horse Regiments into the front line.
As the line had fallen back, the 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Regiments ( 1st Light Horse Brigade ) had come in between the 6th and 7th Light Horse Regiments ( 2nd Light Horse Brigade ); from right to left, the line was now held by the 6th, 3rd, 2nd and 7th Light Horse and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments, while north north-west of Mount Royston, " D " Squadron of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars ( a regiment in the 5th Mounted Brigade ) held its ground.
Further back there were no strategic reserves other than some " Depot Regiments ", not organised as fighting units, and scattered garrisons and line of communication units.
The 309th and 310th Infantry Regiments relieved elements of the 1st Division in the line in the vicinity of Entenpfuhl, 1 – 12 December.
Settled in 1818 by veterans of the 99th and 100th Regiments of the line disbanded at Quebec who established headquarter at Richmond.
The 1st and 2nd Regiments joined the Bombay line in 1885 as the 5th and 6th Bombay Cavalry respectively.
This allowed Colonel Francis C. Barlow to lead the 61st and 64th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiments to break through the Confederate line.
From left to right, the Hanoverian front line consisted of Ligonier's ( 13th ), Cobham's ( 10th ) and Hamilton's ( 14th ) Dragoon Regiments.
Continuing the first line were Edward Wolfe's ( 8th ), Cholmondeley's ( 34th ), Pulteney's ( 13th ), The Royal ( 1st ), Price's ( 14th ) and Ligonier's ( 59th ) British Regiments of Foot.
Regiments were moved to threatened points of the line, especially the left flank.

Regiments and cavalry
After the end of the Vietnam War, the 1st Cavalry Division was reorganised and re-equipped with tanks and armored scout vehicles to form armored cavalry, as were all of the United States ' independent Cavalry Regiments.
Regiments of Timarli Sipahis made charges against weaker or isolated units and whenever confronted with heavy cavalry, retreated back to main body of troops.
In a letter to George Washington on February 9, he described the " light army " he had formed under Williams as composed of: " cavalry of the 1st and 3rd Regiments and the Legion amounting to 240, a detachment of 280 Infantry under Lieut.
Due to differences in nomenclature between Regiments and Corps sergeants majors ' titles do vary ; Squadron sergeant major and battery sergeant major for instance would be found in the cavalry and Royal Artillery respectively, and in the REME there are the appointments of artificer sergeant major.
Regiments, including infantry, cavalry, engineers, light artillery, and heavy artillery units, were recruited from all states of the Union and became known as the United States Colored Troops ( USCT ).
His Army of the West ( 1846 ) consisted of 1600 men in the volunteer First and Second Regiments of Fort Leavenworth, Missouri Mounted Cavalry regiment under Alexander Doniphan ; an artillery and infantry battalion ; 300 of Kearny's 1st U. S. Dragoons ( light cavalry ) and about 500 members of the Mormon Battalion.
General of Brigade Anne-François-Charles Trelliard led 12 squadrons of the corps cavalry, which consisted of the 9th and 10th Hussar Regiments and the 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment.
Major General Koschin's cavalry brigade included the Life Cuirassier, Kargopol Dragoon, and Soum Hussar Regiments, plus two cossack units.
Major General Karl Osipovich Lambert's cavalry brigade comprised the Ekaterinoslav Cuirassier, Kiev Dragoon, and Alexandrov Hussar Regiments, plus one Tatar and one cossack unit.
During the Seven Years War the Irish Regiments in French service were: Bulkeley, Clare, Dillon, Rooth, Berwick and Lally as well as the regiment of cavalry, Fitz James ; parts of these units were at the Battle of Culloden.
The rank was also adopted into Russian New Regiments as rotmistr ( ротмистр ) and later legalized in Table of Ranks as the cavalry position ; until 1798, a lower-ranking Shtavs-Rotmistr ( штабс-ротмистр ) also existed.
The 1st Guards Brigade, which contained the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Regiments, the cavalry regiment, and half of the support units, was transferred to South China.
In 1806, still commanding his cavalry division ( 23rd, 29th and 30th Dragoon Regiments ), he was present at the siege and capture of the fortress of Gaeta, on the west coast of Italy.
Depending on its type, each brigade includes two to five Cavalry or Infantry Regiments, one or two Artillery Groups, a scout cavalry squadron, one battalion or company-sized engineer unit, one intelligence company, one communications company, one command company and a battalion-sized logistical support unit.
Regiments are made up by four maneuver sub-units ( companies in infantry regiments and squadrons in cavalry regiments ) and one command and support sub-unit for a total of 350 to 700 troops.
Barringer's Confederates, the 1st and 2d North Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiments with a single artillery piece, with the 5th North Carolina Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in reserve, counterattacked the 8th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment of Wells's brigade, commanded by Maj. James Bliss, as they reached the Namozine Church After sharp fighting, the Confederate cavalry were turned away by the 8th New York Cavalry and reinforcements from the 15th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Col. John J. Coppinger ' and the 1st Vermont Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Lt. Col. Josiah Hall.
GGBG was the only Corps of cavalry in the Bengal presidency till 1777 when two Regiments of Cavalry were transferred to the HEIC by Nawab of Oudh.
The Regiments of Horse that were converted to Dragoon Guards took precedence over all other cavalry regiments of the Line, which were at the time exclusively dragoons.

Regiments and Royal
Many of the Army's constituent Regiments and Corps have been granted the " Royal " prefix and have members of the Royal Family occupying senior positions within some regiments.
Ceremonial nickel-plated Pickelhaube of the modern Swedish Life Guards ( Swedish Army ) | Royal Life Guard Regiments.
** Royal Regiments ( navy blue )
See: List of Royal Armoured Corps Regiments in World War Two
Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps are based in the UK and Germany:
* The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band-this band represents the regiments of The Royal Dragoon Guards, Queens Dragoon Guards, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Royal Tank Regiments, and was formed in 2006 by the amalgamation of the Band of the Dragoon Guards and the Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band.
The Royal Armoured Corps was to be reduced by a total of two regiments, with the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Lancers to form a single lancer regiment, and the 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments joined to form a single Royal Tank Regiment.
The 11th ( HAC ) Regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery served in North Africa at the Battle of Knightsbridge with 25-pounder guns, and after re-equipping with the M7 Priest self-propelled gun, in the Second Battle of El Alamein.
St Mary's is also home to the Chapel of the Suffolk and Royal Anglian Regiments.
The British Regiments were the 27th ( Inniskilling ), the 42nd Highland, the 44th, 46th Regiments of Foot: 2nd Bn, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, the 55th: 2nd Bn, the Border Regiment, the 1st and 4th battalions of 60th ( Royal American ) Regiment, and Gage ’ s Light Infantry.
The regiment directly supported the Gunners ( The Royal Regiment of Artillery ), firstly 24, 39 and 50 Missile Regiments and later the Multi-Launch Rocket System ( MLRS ) Regiments.

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