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Renaissance Warfare and Soldiers by ulysses dumas is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes military tactics and organization in the 17th century. The standard army consisted of pikemen concentrated in squares, musketeers on the corners, and cavalry making up one-third. Weapons included primitive muskets, crude matchlock firearms, and pikes. Tactics involved musketeers softening the enemy before pikemen engaged in melee. Cavalry harassed flanks and exploited weaknesses. Visionary leaders blended these diverse arms into effective combined arms forces.
- Author
- ulysses dumas
- Language
- EN