Although ultimately originating with the 16th century handgunners and the 17th century musketeers and "streltsy", the term "rifleman" originated in the 18th century.
Seijuro and his followers have assembled a force of archers, musketeers and swordsmen.
Then the rafts with mounted bamboo towers, crammed with troops and musketeers, slipped past the wreckage, and made it to the wall by the harbor.
Owing to this lack of accuracy, officers did not expect musketeers to aim at specific targets.
The basic troop types are pikemen, heavy infantry, musketeers, cavalry, and lobsters.
In his time they carried on their backs musketeers or archers.
The march continued some 20 m further and halted again for the first and second rows of musketeers to aim and open fire.
On the battlefield, the musketeers lacked protection against enemy cavalry, and the two types of foot soldier were mixed.
