light-armed

Such questions might have been put to you by a light-armed mercenary, who argued for pay.

The phalanx opened and let the light-armed men pass through.

But not by stealth, in double force against light-armed men expecting no danger.

One was a small light-armed cruiser of the type used for regular patrol duty.

The Baggage animals, the light-armed troops, and the cavalry are placed in the center of the army.

But Abgarus arrived with his four thousand light-armed infantry and horse.

It's one thing, after all, to piratize blundering, light-armed merchant ships.

No wonder they were so light-armed, no wonder so few.

Mounted archers were stationed, together with light-armed slingers, in front of the main infantry line.

But it was built to capture light-armed merchantmen so perhaps-" I shrugged.

Hyperion was the equivalent of a light-armed merchantman.

Along with four thousand light-armed Skenite Arab troops.

The remaining class or classes (rorarii) were light-armed with the javelin (verutum).

In the park, we found the groves full of men running about, light-armed Cretans going like beaters through the coverts, calling to one another.

At the same time Areus arrived with a force of 1,000 Cretans and light-armed Spartans.

The light-armed guardsmen slipped back through the ranks behind, and the Vikings moved forward, forming their customary blunt wedge.

In war they were used only by couriers, and by bodies of light-armed archers (often not of Numenorean race).

Cavalry and light-armed infantry!'

He looked, and saw what numbers numberless 310 The city gates outpoured, light-armed troops In coats of mail and military pride.

Light-armed troops hurried forward, slingers and archers, and javelin men, to keep defenders back, as they could, from the crenels.

They had also begun with three cohorts of cohortes equitatae, a mixed force of two light-armed infantrymen for each light cavalryman.

At the same time, Ammianus describes light-armed troops with various terms: velites, leves armaturae, exculcatores, expediti.

The light-armed insurgents were a poor match for the heavily equipped Serbian military, which had tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery, and the offensive fizzled.

And on their heels, twenty-odd light-armed riders, turbaned and helmed, uttering a fierce Akkadian ululation.

The Dutch formulated a new strategy of counter-insurgency warfare by deploying light-armed Marechaussee units and using scorched earth tactics.