Irregular Troops
Although arguably the best known of the troops that did not serve as permanent parts of the Napoleonic armies were the Cossacks, almost all major armies of the period employed these, with the Spanish guerrilleros later giving their name to a new form of guerrilla warfare.
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Famous quotes containing the words irregular and/or troops:
“The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)
“The horseman on the pale horse is Pestilence. He follows the wars.”
—Ardel Wray, and Mark Robson. Explaining why he is taking pains to protect his troops from plague (1945)