At the Battle of Chippawa, he ordered them to attack Winfield Scott's advancing American brigade.

Inside Berlin itself, the American brigade got the word first, and pulled back into the western portion of the kazerne.

Yet the Viet Cong largely avoided battle and contact with the sweeping American brigades was light.

The two American brigades opened fire on each other, became badly disorganized, and fled.

After several hours of fighting in the hot weather, several American brigades executed a tactical retreat, which developed into a general withdrawal.

It said the commandos would operate under overall United States command as part of an American brigade.

He knew that there might be another American brigade somewhere, probably also to his east.

The British defense secretary, Geoff Hoon, said that the battle group would operate under overall United States command as part of an American brigade.

But what is wrong with designating an American brigade or two to participate regularly in peacekeeping exercises with foreign forces?

An American brigade generally numbers about 3,500 troops, though Iraqi units can be smaller.