The English Troops
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An Army List for the Trained Bands of England |
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Low Country Veteran |
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For the ten years prior to the Armada crisis English soldiers had been fighting in the Low Countries (The Netherlands and Northern France) Queen Elizabeth had not been able to entertain the idea of going to open war with Spain even after she was excommunicated and the Pope persuaded Phillip of Spain to plan her downfall, but she had supported good Protestant men who would fight for their Protestant cousins who were rebelling against their Spanish Overlords. This also meant that a good deal of English men learnt to fight in modern ways. The veterans from the Low Countries offer the English some well trained experienced troops. |
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| Vet | 4/4+ | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | 8 | ||||||||||
| Veterans are armed with a sword. You may equip each Veteran with any of the following. No more than 50% of Low Country Vets can be armed with SHOT | |||||||||||||||||||
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Trained Bandsman |
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The Trained Band was the standard way of organising militia forces in England in the late 16th century. The quality of training and equipment varied from county to county depending on experience of the men giving the training and the relative wealth of the county. In 1588 the London bands had only 8% of men armed with bows in Oxfordshire 40% of the men were armed with bows. The Trained bands were not professional soldiers and were partly responsible for equipping themselves |
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| TYPE | F | S | D | A | W | C | M | F | Pv | ||||||||||
| Bands | 3/5+ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | 5 | ||||||||||
| Trained Bandsmen are armed with a sword. You may equip each trained bandsman with any of the following. No more than 50% of Trained bands can be armed with SHOT. No more then 50% of SHOT can be bows. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Hunstman 0-3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Huntsmen are experienced archers and woodsmen. They are used to working alone looking after the parks and estates of their masters. The are often accurate marksmen and most stealthy individuals. |
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| Huntsman | 3/4+ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | 8 | ||||||||||
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Huntsman are armed with a longbow and a sword |
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Huntsman can have Light Armour 1 pt
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Border Horse | ||||||||||||||||||
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The English used a variety of light horsemen. But the best Light Horsemen from England and arguably all of Europe were the Border Horsemen of the Anglo/Scottish borders. They rode sturdy horses named bog trotters, they were armed in a variety of ways and were used to operating in all conditions. They were excellent scouts and foragers. They lived in a constant state of feud and were always ready to bear arms. |
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| Borderer | 3/5+ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | 10 | ||||||||||
| Light Horsemen are armed with a sword and ride a BOGTROTTER. They can be equipped with the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
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More troop types will be added here as we write them! Click here for HEROES |
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