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Campaign
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or a military term for the Conti luous operations of an army during a war or part of a war. The name refers to the time when armies went into quarters during the winter and literally "took the field" at the opening of; .ummer. The word is also used figuratively, especially in politics., of any continuous operations aimed at a definite object, as the "Plan of Campaign" in Ireland during 1886-1887. The word is de: ived from the Latin Campania, the plain lying south-west of the Tiber, c.f. Italian, la Campagna di Roma, from which came two French forms: (1) Champagne, the name given to the level province of that name, and hence the English "champaign," a level tract of country free from woods and hills; and (2) Campagne, and the English "campaign" with the restricted military meaning.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Campaign'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/campaign.html. 1910.
