BANDER, Fr. to unite, to intrigue together for the purposes of insurrection.
BANDERET, in military history, implies the commander in chief of the troops of the canton of Berne, in Switzerland.
BANDES, Fr. bands, bodies of infantry.
Bandes Francoises. The French infantry was anciently so called. The term, however, become less general and was confined to the Prévôt des Bandes, or the Judge or Prevost marshal that tried the men belonging to the French guards.
BANDIERES, Fr. Une Armée rangée en front de bandieres, signifies an army in battle array. This disposition of the army is opposed to that in which it is cantoned and divided into several bodies.
BANDOLEER, in ancient military history, a large leathern belt worn over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left arm, to carry some kind of warlike weapon.
Bandoliers were likewise little wooden cases covered with leather, of which every musqueteer used to wear 12 hanging on a shoulder-belt; each of them contained the charge of powder for a musquet.
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See [Camp Colors].
BANDS, properly bodies of foot, though almost out of date.