Meaning of route march | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Well, there was route march⟳, and then there was route march⟳. As practiced by good soldiers, such as the fighters of the Che Loi Brigade, it was a spread-out formation in which one burst⟳ from a gun could not hit more than a few men, one small chemical-reaction explosive couldn't take⟳ down more than one or two.”

“On 14 March⟳ the Battalion undertook a twenty-mile route march⟳ to Bouchon, and the following day a march⟳ of fourteen miles to Doullen.”

“He detested the man, always shouting at him and the other squaddies, always finding reasons to give⟳ them fatigues, an extra route march⟳, another hour marching round the parade ground.”

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