Assertion: regiment's battalion | /r/CapableOf | act as personnel reserve
Facets:
value: for the armies
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Early in 1917 each battalion in Italy received a second submachine-gun section and in May the battalions were thoroughly reorganized: the machine gun sections of each battalion were increased to a machine gun company with six machine guns, while the battalion's 4th companies were group in independent "marching" battalions (Battaglione di Marcia), which acted as personnel reserve for the armies deployed to the front.