Examples of 'pikemen' in a sentence
Meaning of "pikemen"
pikemen (noun) - soldiers armed with pikes or long spears, often used in historical warfare
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- plural of pikeman
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Soldiers are strong to pikemen but weak to cavalry.
Here he temporarily commanded a party of lascar pikemen.
The main force of pikemen advanced behind this screen.
Cavalry are strong to soldiers and weak to pikemen.
Numbers and pikemen impressive.
Units of musketeers were originally developed to support units of pikemen.
Pikemen formed the majority of infantrymen and were known as heavy infantry.
Spent too many years around lancers and pikemen.
A city was able to raise many more pikemen than they could spearmen.
I have spent too many years around lancers and pikemen.
The Scottish pikemen drove them off and inflicted heavy casualties on the English horsemen.
The infantry might be pikemen.
The English cavalry crashed into the pikemen with great elan but sustained considerable losses.
So they are not pikemen.
The early contingents of Swiss mercenary pikemen organized themselves rather differently than the cantonal forces.
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The Flemish crossbowmen and archers fell back behind the pikemen.
The Swiss pikemen suffered heavy casualties.
The commander led a charge with his remaining pikemen but was shot dead.
We had 5 pikemen including your humble servant.
Other stratagems could also take the Swiss pikemen at a disadvantage.
For example, pikemen are better than cannon at killing cavalry.
The Macedonians and Hellenistic states would adopt phalanx formations with sarissa pikemen.
I hear you need more pikemen in your platoon, Sergeant.
Despite this, Munro still had strength in numbers with pikemen.
It 's only pikemen we are feeding, not horses.
Captain of the Pikemen.
The pikemen gather, but are defeated.
The French have an impressive army made of knights, Swiss pikemen and guns.
I hear you need more pikemen in your platoon, Sergeant. You will pay for this!
However, Bazán reinforced his arquebusiers with German pikemen and hold the ground.
Pikemen wore helmets and breastplates but were discarded after 1660.
As a mounted unit, the Horseman remains vulnerable to attacks from Spearmen, Pikemen and the like.
Of no further use, pikemen disappeared from the military regulations of 1703.
Oh, so they are not pikemen.
Pikemen in Bourg-de-Four during the Parade.
Apologies, Your Grace . Spent too many years around lancers and pikemen.
Plastic components to make either 30 Pikemen or 25 Pikemen and 5 Arquebusiers.
