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Definition of Arquebusiers

Arquebusier
Arquebusier Ar`que*bus*ier, n. [F. arquebusier.] A soldier armed with an arquebus. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. --E. Lodge.

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- which often involved the placing of arquebusiers in the protective wagons and using them against the enemy. Arquebusiers were also used effectively at the...
- were pikemen (75%), 50 were arquebusiers (12.5%), and 50 were halberdiers or two-handed swordsmen (12.5%). Arquebusiers, halberdiers, and swordsmen all...
- An Ángel arcabucero (arquebusier angel) is an angel depicted with an arquebus (an early muzzle-loaded firearm) instead of the sword traditional for martial...
- Capitán) comprising 6,300 men, including 2,000 Landsknecht pikemen, 1,000 arquebusiers and 20 cannons, defeated the French force of 9,000 men, mainly gendarme...
- death of their leaders. He then reduced the number of mercenary Ottoman arquebusiers to 200, and relying on his own forces retired to Emfraz near Lake Tana...
- emblem of the arquebusiers in the figure of the young girl who carries a dead chicken on her belt, referencing the clauweniers (arquebusiers) and a type...
- Fire the Arquebusiers! is a role-playing game magazine that focussed on Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy role-playing games. In the 1970s and 1980s...
- pikemen's companies and 2 were of arquebusier companies The companies were later reduced to 250 men and the ratio of arquebusiers (later musketmen) to pikemen...
- al-Ghazi Cristóvão da Gama   Strength 2900 arquebusiers (2000 from Arabia and 900 Turks) 400 Portuguese arquebusiers Casualties and losses Unknown 200 killed...
- This started slowly, first with crossbowmen, then hand cannoneers and arquebusiers, each with increasing effectiveness, marking the beginning of early modern...