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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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here is how they march. The light horses go out first, then all the gendarmerie; after, a third of the foot soldiers, then the artillery & all its equipment with the pioneers[1], (who are in number of ten for each piece) carpenters, wheelwrights, farriers, petardiers[2], masons, miners & other sorts of people necessary for the sieges of cities. Then comes the rest of the army, except for some troops of foot soldiers & cavalry who close the tail of the baggage. If the enemy is far away, each Millenier marches at the head of his men, & the Centenaries after in file, each with his troops mixed together, along with the baggage, both to go faster, as to help their pack horses & carriage beasts, if they happen to fall, or find themselves in some bad passage. If the army must pass through wooded country, mountains & marshes, with doubts of ambushes: half of the foot soldiers march in front, after the baggage; with two wings of musketeers & arquebusiers, then the cavalry with its soldiers on the flanks. Finally the rest of the foot soldiers. If we march in large plains, & |
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1. Pioneer: "A member of a military unit usually of construction engineers." [Merriam-Webster]
2. Petardier: "A Petarder; one that uses, or shoots off, a Petard." [Cotgrave] |