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Brigade. - Any division of an army commanded by a brigadier.
Cabinet. - The Select or secret council of a prince, or Executive Govern ment so called from the apartment in which it was originally held.
Campaign. - The time that an army keeps the field, either in action, in marches, or in camp, without going into winter-quarters.
Capitulation. - Commonly used in military language to signify the act of surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms, in opposition to surren derin g at discretion.
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