tirailleur

A partir du troisième siècle avant JC, la légion romaine a ajouté un type tirailleur de soldat à sa formation tactique.
From the third century BC, the Roman legion added a skirmisher type of soldier to its tactical formation.
Nombreux étaient ceux qui, en reconnaissance de leurs mérites militaires, étaient promus aux grades militaires supérieurs : tirailleur- chef, caporal, caporal-chef, sergent et même sous-lieutenant.
Many of these young heroes were promoted, for their services for the country, to higher military ranks: rifleman, corporal, lance sergeant, sergeant and even second-lieutenant.
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