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Corps

the highest combined arms unit in the ground forces of the armed forces of various states.

In Russia, corps as combined arms units appeared in the early 18th century. The flying corps, which was called the corps volant and consisted of 7,000 horse cavalrymen and 5,000 infantrymen, was formed in 1701. Five army corps were formed in the Russian Army in 1810, and their number was brought up to 11 in 1812. Cavalry and army corps appeared in the French Army in 1805 and in the Prussian Army in 1816.

By the beginning of World War I (1914–18) the armies of almost all states had army (or infantry) and cavalry corps, which were composed of two to four divisions and had a strength of up to 50,000 men. In the Red Army cavalry corps were formed in 1919 and rifle corps in 1921. In the Great Patriotic War (1941–45) the Red Army had rifle, cavalry, mechanized, tank, aviation, artillery, and airborne corps.

The present-day corps, for example the US Army corps, has a staff, corps units and subunits, various services, and from two to four or more divisions, of which one or two are armored divisions. In combat the corps forms part of the field army or acts independently.

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No references found	The solemnity is simple; the five corps assemble at night, and at a signal they all fall loading themselves with beer, out of pint-mugs, as fast as possible, and each man keeps his own count--usually by laying aside a lucifer match for each mud he empties. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context But the room seemed a palace to the brats of the corps de ballet, who were lodged in common dressing-rooms where they spent their time singing, quarreling, smacking the dressers and hair-dressers and buying one another glasses of cassis, beer, or even rhum, until the call-boy's bell rang. The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context Then he would talk to Philip of the university, the quarrels between rival corps, the duels, and the merits of this and that professor. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context	coroutine Coroutine Pascal CORP Corpo Volontari Della Liberta Corpo Volontari Della Libertà Corpora Allata corpora quadrigemina Corporal Corporal Punishment corporate finance corporate income tax corporate portal Corporate style Corporation corporation cock Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest Corporation for National Research Initiatives Corporation for Open Systems Corporation for Research and Educational Networking corporation stop corporation tax corporatism Corporative State corporeal corposant Corps Corps Commander Corps de Ballet corps de logis Corps of Pages Corps Volant corpse gate corpsing corpus corpus albicans corpus allatum Corpus Callosum corpus cardiacum corpus cavernosum corpus cerebelli Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Bay Corpus Juris Civilis Corpus Luteum corpus striatum corpuscle Corpuscular Optics corpuscular radiation corpuscular theory of light CORR Corrado Alvaro	corporeally corporeally corporeally corporealness corporealness corporealness corporealness corporealness corporeity corporeity corporeus Corporification Corporify Corporphilia Corporphilia Corpos Sociais do Clube Nacional da Imprensa Desportiva corposant corposant corposants corposants CORPP Corprasoft Legal Desktop Corpratism Corpratism Corprophagy Corprophagy Corprophilia Corprophilia Corprotism Corprotism Corps Corps & Theater Operations Center Support Element Corps Advanced Warfighter Exercise Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment Corps Air Defense Center Corps Airborne Standoff Radar Corps Airspace Element Corps Airspace Information Center Corps Airspace Management Element Corps And Below Corps and Division Scenario Corps And Subordinate Echelons Corps Area Air Defense Corps Area of Intelligence Responsibility Corps Area Signal Center Corps Area Support Element Corps Area Support Hospital Corps Army Airspace Command And Control Element Corps Artificer Sergeant Major Corps Artillery Corps Artillery Group Corps Artillery Tactical Operations Center CORPS ARTY Corps Automation Management Officer Corps Automation Requirements

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The solemnity is simple; the five corps assemble at night, and at a signal they all fall loading themselves with beer, out of pint-mugs, as fast as possible, and each man keeps his own count--usually by laying aside a lucifer match for each mud he empties.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

But the room seemed a palace to the brats of the corps de ballet, who were lodged in common dressing-rooms where they spent their time singing, quarreling, smacking the dressers and hair-dressers and buying one another glasses of cassis, beer, or even rhum, until the call-boy's bell rang.

The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context

Then he would talk to Philip of the university, the quarrels between rival corps, the duels, and the merits of this and that professor.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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