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Command from frontier leader of battalion ignored (5)

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order

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'command' is the definition.
(I know that order is a type of command)

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(Other definitions for order that I've seen before include "One may be tall if demanding" , "One of Great Lakes" , "Type of column" , "in which things are properly arranged?" , "peace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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