想必诸位在翻译凯旋门文章时对chef de brigade这一军衔都很熟悉,按照埃尔丁Sword Around A Throne 中的说法:For some reason logical Frenchmen , the colonels commanding the demi-brigades were rebaptised "chefs de brigade "(指挥demi-brigades的colonels被称为chef de brigade)。
demi-brigades 半旅是革命战争时期才兴起并被广泛采用的单位,级别上相当于团,对应团长的colonels(上校)正是半旅的chef de brigade(半旅长)。不过和旧式团不同,半旅适合新旧部队的混编,革命战争时期半旅的数量甚至一度增加到205个,之前查阅资料时发现,半旅在1803年被拿破仑取消了,如维基百科所说:
Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the term to be abandoned in 1803, and the demi-brigades were renamed "régiments" 半旅被改成为了团,当然大兵团时代也就不存在chef de brigade这一军衔了。
不过今天在看刚出的那本鱼鹰MAA,Napoleon's Swiss Troops时却发现里面的瑞士部队的半旅都是1805年取消的。
比如第一半旅:
The 1st Demi-Brigade was officially dissolved at Rochefort on 10 May 1805.
第二半旅:
The demi-brigade was dissolved at Livorno on 17 June 1805, and under Clavel its men would make up the 4th Bn of the new 1st Swiss Regt, based at Genoa. 当然 第11页的图片更能说明问题:
问了下熊熊,他说附属国的编制变动可能晚一点,不知是否如此?
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