Editing Division (military) (section)

=== Origins ===

In 1577, the [[Devon Trained Bands]] of England were divided into three divisions, each with two colonels and six captains.<ref> Col. Henry Walrond, ''Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments'', London: Longmans, 1897/Andesite Press, 2015, {{ISBN|978-1-376-17881-4}} </ref> Among Western military theorists, one of the first to think of organizing an army into smaller combined-arms units was [[Maurice de Saxe]] (d. 1750), [[Marshal General of France]], in his book ''[[Mes Rêveries]]''. He died at the age of 54, without having implemented his idea. [[Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie|Victor-François de Broglie]] put the ideas into practice. He conducted successful practical experiments of the divisional system in the [[Seven Years' War]].