LIGHT INFANTRY
\lˈa͡ɪt ˈɪnfəntɹˌi], \lˈaɪt ˈɪnfəntɹˌi], \l_ˈaɪ_t ˈɪ_n_f_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˌi]\
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Soldiers specially instructed for skirmishing movements. In addition to separate regiments so called, each regiment had formerly one company so trained, until it became the duty of the whole army to perfect themselves in every part of tactics. A L. I. soldier was called a Light-bob.
By Henry Percy Smith
