Conclude subordinate has dismissed one group of soldiers (5)
I believe the answer is:
infer
'conclude' is the definition.
(inferring is a kind of concluding)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for infer that I've seen before include "Imply" , "Establish by deduction" , "Read between the line" , "Take finer meaning from" , "Take or gather meaning from" .)