A Conversation for British Army Discipline and Capital Punishment 1914
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Who? Started conversation Feb 3, 2003
In wartime, your definition is only correct when in the Front Line. The definition for behind the Lines or in peacetime would be:
a small, organised group of soldiers detached from the main body to guard an important place or person.
A guard simply guards the main body location.
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