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Foot Guards  n. pl.  Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. (Eng.)






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... civil and military. He appointed most of the important officers of the vice-royalty. His court was formed on the model of Madrid, and displayed an equal and often superior degree of magnificence and state. He had horse and foot guards, a regular household establishment and all the ensigns and trappings of royalty. The tribunals which assisted in the administration were similar to those of the parent country. The Spanish-American colonies, in ...
— The Land We Live In - The Story of Our Country • Henry Mann

... villages here, no one to question as to the turns and branchings of roads, thus adding to the chances that even Frederick's force would not arrive together at the point of attack. Frederick's own column contained eight thousand grenadiers and foot guards, with a force of cavalry; and his line of march was by the ...
— With Frederick the Great - A Story of the Seven Years' War • G. A. Henty



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