lancers

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In a stark contrast to Roman tactics, Persia relied on cavalry instead of infantry, including both heavy, armored lancers and highly mobile mounted bowmen.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

What sent the Turkish legions pell mell back across the plains of Hungary was the arrival of the galloping lancers of King John Sobieski of Poland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mounted lancers fell in, ahead of and behind the President's car.

From Time Magazine Archive

Premier Caetano sought refuge in the Lisbon Republican National Guard headquarters, and Portugal's 79-year-old President, Am�rico Thomaz, retreated to the barracks of a loyal regiment of lancers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once a company of lancers appeared, but they turned southward.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli