A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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... armed with pikes , missile weapons , and the halberd , an eighteen - foot iron pike , attacked their enemy with the ancient phalanx formation . The longbow was the first serious threat to the supremacy of the mounted knight . This new ...
... armed with pikes , missile weapons , and the halberd , an eighteen - foot iron pike , attacked their enemy with the ancient phalanx formation . The longbow was the first serious threat to the supremacy of the mounted knight . This new ...
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... armed with pikes and swords and garbed in helmets and restrictive body armor . Indian tactics , as well as the heavily wooded , swampy terrain , quickly rendered such paraphernalia useless . Colonial soldiers were soon wearing heavy ...
... armed with pikes and swords and garbed in helmets and restrictive body armor . Indian tactics , as well as the heavily wooded , swampy terrain , quickly rendered such paraphernalia useless . Colonial soldiers were soon wearing heavy ...
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... armed conflict . The English adventure in America frequently took on the characteristics of an armed invasion . The earliest settlers were accompanied by professional soldiers who armed , trained , disciplined , and fortified the ...
... armed conflict . The English adventure in America frequently took on the characteristics of an armed invasion . The earliest settlers were accompanied by professional soldiers who armed , trained , disciplined , and fortified the ...
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The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early America John Ferling Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1980 |
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