The re-enactments by members of the English Civil War Society will feature musketeers, pikemen and cavalry, with the occasional cannon shot. |
The firepower of an infantry company was increased by a third as the pikemen were phased out and issued with muskets and bayonets. |
Fusilier regiments were composed of soldiers armed only with fusils, unlike line regiments which comprised both musketmen and pikemen. |
He organised his troops, placing the shields before the pikemen and the spearmen. |
A collection of spearmen, pikemen, and ordinary guards rushed through the hallways. |
Composition varied but was around 60 percent pikemen, in burgonet, corselet and tassets, ten percent halberdiers and 30 percent shot, in morions. |