A nomad army that wanted to engage in an archery exchange with foot archers would itself normally dismount.
This term included foot archers, javelineers and slingers, though archers were sometimes differentiated from the others in descriptions.
In front of the wings, foot archers were placed to lure the enemy in.
Records show that Dafydd Gam served with three foot archers in the Battle of Agincourt campaign.
On the wooded hillside he secretly assembled 5,000 foot archers and a force of cavalry.
It is also likely that at least one regiment of foot archers took part, probably an auxilium of sagittarii (archers).
During the battle, the foot archers (sagittarii) would have formed the rear rank of the front line, to shoot over the heads of their own infantry.
The black Africans, Syrians, and Arabs generally acted as the heavy infantry and foot archers.
Both types of cavalry units were supported by war elephants and foot archers who showered the enemy with storms of arrows.
Then there were cooks, stewards, bath attendants, more than a thousand foot archers and an equal number of horsemen-the list went on and on.