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by barr7430 » Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:07 pm
There is also such debate around the Huguenot regiments. I think it unlikley that French trained and officered units would have forsaken the pike in 1690. Combined with the Kirke/ Blue Guards anecdote, an eductaed assumption might be that crossing a tidal river with pikemen might have been very disruptive and that those men were simply left behind for the crossing thus creating an impression that pikes had been dropped completely. Unlikely but possible. The Enniskillen regiments paraded without pikes at Dundalk. Their officers thought them useless in Ireland. Then again, these units were like colonial militia and better adapted to local fighting.
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