Steenkirk (which has been described in the transactions of this year) is remarkable for being the last battle in Europe in which any bodies of infantry were armed with pikes. The matchlocks and the pikes were now generally superseded by the firelock and... Chronological epitome of the wars in the Low countries, from the Peace of ... - Page 91 by sir James Carmichael Smyth (1st bart.) - 1825 - 80 pages Full view -
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