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Definition of Advanced guard

Advanced guard
Advanced Ad*vanced", a. 1. In the van or front. 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. 3. Far on in life or time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. --Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

Meaning of Advanced guard from wikipedia

- the Guard Light Artillery of the Guard Artillery Train of the Guard Strength: 13,000 men and 24 guns. Marshal Jean Baptiste Bernadotte. Advanced Guard 27ème...
- Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post and Detachment Service of Troops (1861), he discussed the use of the column or V-shaped advance guard by the Gr****s...
- Kempf (commanded a portion of Petrasch's division, included in the advanced guard) 1st Infantry Regiment Kaiser (3 battalions) 31st Infantry Regiment...
- Language poets (1960s–1970s). The French military term avant-garde (advanced guard) identified a reconnaissance unit who scouted the terrain ahead of the...
- nephew, who was the leader of the Scottish advanced guard, hearing that his uncle had repulsed the advanced guard of the English on the other side of the...
- Winter guard (sometimes spelled "winterguard") is an indoor color guard sport and performance art derived from military ceremonies. Modern winter guard is...
- the advanced guards, which were large enough to be mobile columns, be reinforced to the strength of brigade groups. Some of the columns advanced boldly...
- battle, the Comte de Saint-Germain, who had commanded the advanced guard and also the rear guard that struggled to keep up with the fleeing army, complained...
- under the cover of a thick fog, the vanguard came upon the Nawab's advanced guard, who after firing with their matchlocks and rockets, ran away. They...
- up the valley of the Moselle, was in communication with the Austrian advanced guard near La Rothière on the afternoon 28 January. On 29 January Napoleon...