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The firing between our skirmishers and the enemy was rapid, but of short duration.
More cavalry poured in to drive the surviving enemy skirmishers back to the river.
Javelins thrown by the skirmishers merely bounced off the polished mail of the Knights.
Light cavalry were used as scouts, skirmishers or outflankers.
From the third century BC, the Roman legion added a skirmisher type of soldier to its tactical formation.
He said it was quite wrong that individual enterprises should go on conducting their activities like individual skirmishers.
Line regiments fired in volleys, but skirmishers fired at will, taking careful aim at targets.
He then goes on to lead one of the teams of skirmishers sent into the jungles.
Their task was to harass the enemy phalanx before the clash, to try to provoke disorder and protect their own lines from enemy skirmishers.
In peace time, he devoted his efforts to training light infantry, developing an autonomous corps of skirmishers.
Skirmishers acting as light infantry carried either slings or spears.
In battle, they were used in such light cavalry roles as harassing enemy skirmishers, overrunning artillery positions, and pursuing fleeing troops.
Most of the rebel skirmishers were in no condition (physically or mentally) to resist, and they were soon tumbling backwards.
A foraging party was dispatched while skirmishers pushed forward to create a diversion.
The exceptions tended not to include the use of skirmishers.
The vanguard saw little combat and, once the disaster to their rear became obvious, fought their way through the skirmishers and out of the forest.
The enemy skirmishers quickly fell back, and reformed on a small hill behind the wood.
The reserve of the regiment then moved to the support of the skirmishers.
This formation was best for light troops and skirmishers.
Seeing the position begin to stabilise, cavalry and skirmishers took heart and, keen to wipe out their earlier shame, started to fight in earnest.
