Flying camp

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This article is about the military unit. For the 1932 film directed by Max Reichmann, see Camp volant.

In military strategy, a flying camp, or camp-volant, was a small but strong army of horsemen and dragoons, to which were sometimes added foot soldiers. Such an army was usually commanded by a lieutenant general, and was always in motion, both to cover the garrisons in possession, and to keep the adversary in continual alarm.^[1][2]

[edit] See also

• Flying Camp, for the American use of the concept in 1776

[edit] References

1. ^ This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
2. ^ "Camp". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. 1989.