Swiss mercenaries

Swiss mercenaries would play an initially important, but later minor role on European battlefields until well into the 18th century.

Another prime employer of Swiss mercenaries from the later 16th century on was Spain.

The name derived from games of chance played by Swiss mercenaries who wore masks to hide their expressions.

Unable to retreat, the German and Swiss mercenaries fought it out.

The armies of both sides included Swiss mercenaries.

Some 800 Swiss mercenaries died while defending the palace, unaware that their royal emplo.

At that time, Milan was defended by Swiss mercenaries.

Swiss mercenaries brought grapevines from that region back home across the Alps at the beginning of the 16th Century.

Cosimo was an authoritarian ruler and secured his position by employing a guard of Swiss mercenaries.

The Pope's guard detachment is composed of Swiss mercenaries.

Formed up in pike squares, Swiss mercenaries made themselves and their method of warfare felt far beyond their borders.

The origin of snare rudiments can be traced back to Swiss mercenaries armed with long polearms.

Gessler - a tax haven world, mostly inhabited by fortune soldiers, very like the old Swiss mercenaries from Renaissance.

During the Battle of Bicocca in 1522 the Swiss mercenaries saw a bitter defeat with heavy casualties.

However, after that date, the Swiss mercenaries were increasingly supplemented by imitators, chiefly the Landsknechts.

Charles gathered a large army of 25,000 men (including 8,000 Swiss mercenaries), including the first siege train to include artillery, and invaded Italy.

Regiment de Meuron (Swiss mercenaries in British pay)

Alexander VI (1492-1503) later actually used the Swiss mercenaries during their alliance with the King of France.

Singing of Kuhreihen was forbidden to Swiss mercenaries because they led to nostalgia to the point of desertion, illness or death.

These two regiments were formed in 1829 following the withdrawal of the regiments of Swiss mercenaries from Dutch service.

Swiss mercenaries were employed in the French Royal Army, notably the Swiss Guards.

Swiss mercenaries had played a significant role in European Wars for a couple of hundred years, and the intention was to put a stop to these activities permanently.

The barbarian mercenaries employed by the Utopians are thought to be inspired by the Swiss mercenaries.

An 1884 text noted that the effect of the Swiss bagpipe upon Swiss mercenaries was so pronounced that the instrument had to be banned.

Disciplined Swiss mercenaries armed with pikes gained a formidable reputation during the perennial European wars of the Middle Ages.