"flying army" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1749, William Duff, A New and Full, Critical, Biographical, and Geographical History of Scotland",
          "text": "a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English",
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        "A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm."
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        "(archaic, military) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm."
      ],
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  "word": "flying army"
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          "text": "a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English",
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        "A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm."
      ],
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        "(archaic, military) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm."
      ],
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        "archaic"
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  "word": "flying army"
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