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relied on their pistols as a primary weapon and used the 'caracole' whereby each rank fired, then retired to reload. The Swedish charged home using their swords as the primary weapon and the pistol as secondary. This return to strongly offensive action was the result of Gustavus' campaign experience fighting Polish cavalry, and gave him a strong advantage until his opponents copied it. This advantage was increased by another innovation the Swedish practice of mixing detached bodies of...
The English Civil War
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English Civil War
Aftermath Marston Moor, 1644 1 Pikeman, Marquis of Newcastle's Regiment 2 Musketeer, Earl of Manchester's Regiment 3 Surgeon Aftermath Marston Moor, 1644 1 Pikeman, Marquis of Newcastle's Regiment 2 Musketeer, Earl of Manchester's Regiment 3 Surgeon Musketeers' equipment 1 Musketeers 2 Hats amp Montero caps 3, 4 Bandoleers amp tools 5 Muskets Musketeers' equipment 1 Musketeers 2 Hats amp Montero caps 3, 4 Bandoleers amp tools 5 Muskets choosc more broken country, especially if he had fewer...
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The Deliverance of St Peter Acts xii, 6-10 by David Teniers the Younger in accordance with contemporary practice, the 'Roman' guards wear 17th century costume. A good view of soldiers' costume note the sergeant's sash and gold-embroidered buff coat, and the gorget in the bottom left. Wallace Collection or battle cry was usually something simple such as 'God and the Cause' or 'For God and Parliament'. This reduced the confusion somewhat but on occasion both sides adopted identical field signs...
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to discover solutions to the considerable practical problems which the process of re-learning Classical drill and tactics involved. The Dutch also had the necessary funds to keep an army in being long enough to train it in these new theories. There were two key areas of change the drill used to make units more responsive and manoeuvrable, and the more complex tactics which could be used by an army as a result. The new drill was taken particularly from the writings of Claudius Aelianus and used...