#pikemen

“These shall have strong, straight, yet nimble pikes of ashwood, well headed with steel and armed with plates downward from the head, at least four foote, and the full size or length of every pike shall be fifteen foot besides the head. These pikemen shall also have good, sharpe, and broade swords (of which Turkey and Bilboe are best), strong scabbards, chapt with iron, girdle, hangars or bautricke of strong leather; and lastly, if to the pikeman’s head peece be fastened a small ring of iron, and to the right side of his back piece (below his girdle) an iron hook, to hang his steele cap upon, it will be a great ease to the souldier, and a nimble carriage in the time of long marches.” - Gervase Markham, The Souldiers Accidence or an Introduction Into Military Discipline (1635)
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Glenn Johnson
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We’ve talked a lot recently about the ‘push of pike’ and this is as close as we get to the press of pike divisions in the midst of battle - it can be quite intense in the middle of all that, let us tell you!
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“…after they have given their first thrust with their pikes and being come to join with their enemies front to front and face to face, and therefore the use and execution of the pikes of the foremost ranks being past, they must presently betake themselves to the use of their swords and daggers …the nearness and press being so great.” - Sir John Smythe, Certain Discourses Military, 1590
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In a ‘push of pike’, pike divisions could be up to six deep and each man pressed on the one in front, so sometimes the formations would crush against each other and many pikemen would have to fight in close melee combat. The Italians referred to this as 'Bad War’ but, by the time of the English Civil Wars, pike pushes were relatively rare as the musket came to dominate the battlefield.
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