CONTENTS. 



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Section II.— Mercenary Companies. 



Paid troops of Canute— William the CoiKineror— Henry IT. and Philip 

 Augustus — Braban^onij — Richard (JaMir-dc-Lion — Rate of pay in 

 Edward III.'s army — Genoese crossbowmen— Free companies— -Con- 

 dottieri — Tlieir ravages — The great companies in Italy— Guarnieri — 

 Montreal or Moriale's company — Sir John Ilawkwoo.i — Alberic de 

 B'irbiano— His company of St. George — System of fighting of these 

 companies — Small losses in battle of this age - Battle of Zagonara, 

 1423— Battle of Castracaro, 1467. 



Section III. — EiKjliah Archers and Swiss Infantry. 



English arcliers highly famed — Tlieir weapons and skill — The Genoese 

 crossbowmen — Sir William Wallace — His skilful use of pikemen — 

 Battle of Stirling — Battle of Falkirk — Formation in squares or clumps 

 en echiquier — Battle of Bannockburn — Same system of tactics em- 

 ployed — battle of Halidon Hill — Battle of Crecy — Marks two epochs 

 — Use of gunpowder and improvement of infantry — Men-at-arms 

 dismount to fight on foot — The real revival of infantry begins at 

 Crecy — Battle of Courtrai — Swiss infantry at this period — Battle of 

 Morgarten— ^Battle of Sempach — Battles of Granson and Morat, 1476, 

 ctmiplete the reputation of Swiss infantry — Battle of Poitiers — 

 Skilful generalship of the Black Prince — Battle of Homildon Hill — 

 Battle of Agincourt — Effect of these actions on the military art. 



Section IV. — Introduction of Regular Armies. 



Huscarles of Canute— Charles VII. of France — Formation of compagnies 

 d'ordonnance — Composition and armament of these companies — 

 Archers — Charles the Bold organizes squadrons. 



PERIOD III. 



FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF FIREARMS TO FREDERICK 



THE ORE A T. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



IXTUODUCTION OF FlREARMS 225 



First mention of heavy cannon, 1,^01 — Invention of portable firearms — 

 Rifled barrels— The wheel-lock — The matchlock— Ti>e snaphaunce — 

 The bayonet — The iron ramrod — Breech-loaders. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Use of Firearms by Cavalry 



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Army of Charles VIII. of France in 1494— Details given by Paul Jove- 

 Overpowering force of artillery— Machiavolli's Treatise un the Art of 



