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flank company Hist 
one of a number of militia companies raised in Upper Canada in 1811, who saw much service in the War of 1812.
See also: flanker ((1)) (def. 1)
- 1963 In Upper Canada the volunteers were embodied, under an Act procured by Brock in 1811, as the famous "flank companies" which fought in the line with the British regulars and from which the battalion of Incorporated Militia was drawn.
- 1963 In Upper Canada the volunteers were embodied, under an Act procured by Brock in 1811, as the famous "flank companies" which fought in the line with the British regulars and from which the battalion of Incorporated Militia was drawn.