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English Wikipedia has an article on:The Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava)Wikipedia

Etymology

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William H. Russell, Times Correspondent at the Battle of Balaclava, wrote that he could see nothing between the charging Russians and the British regiment's base of operations at Balaclava but the “thin red streak tipped with a line of steel”. The condensed phrase “the thin red line” came to represent British composure in battle.

Proper noun

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the Thin Red Line

  1. (historical) The members of the 93rd Regiment of the British Army who met the charge of the Russian cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.
  2. (by extension) Any thinly spread military unit holding firm against attack.

See also

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  • green line
  • red line
  • single yellow line
  • thin blue line
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