order to go into battle; call to arms
Historical military term: a command or proclamation ordering troops to prepare for battle or to advance. Used in contexts of feudal warfare.
The order to go into battle was given, and the soldiers took up their weapons all at once.
battlefield order; field command
An order issued directly on the battlefield, often in the heat of combat. Distinct from a pre-battle mobilization order.
The general shouted a battlefield order from horseback and reformed the ranks.
Compound of 陣 (じん, 'battle formation, camp') and 触れ (ふれ, 'proclamation, notice'), from the verb 触れる (ふれる, 'to touch; to announce'). The reading じんぶれ is a rendaku form of ふれ.