A pikeman
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A description of the armour worn by pikemen during the English Civil War, it also shows his main weapon, the long pike and explains how it was used.
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A description of the armour worn by pikemen during the English Civil War, it also shows his main weapon, the long pike and explains how it was used.
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A description of the basic clothing worn by a legionary using latin names such as bracae for the trousers and caligae for the sandals.
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A description of the different types of gladiator such as the retiarius and the murmillo together with the different weapons and helmets they wore; it even mentions the female gladiators that fought
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A description of a centurion, the Roman officer in charge of eighty legionaries. It covers his clothing, armour and equipment all with their latin names
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A description of the final part of the Battle of Hastings describing the arrow storm that rained down on the Saxons and the fall of King Harold
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A description of a thegn warrior serving King Athestan; the armour he wears and his weapons such as the kite shield and battle axe
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A description of life in a munitions factory; the danger, the accidents, the camaraderie and of course, the gossip
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A description of the extended shift patterns worked by munitionettes. It also covers the Amatol explosive they came into contact with which was the reason they turned yellow
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A description of one of the oldest weapons still in use, the bayonet and how it was used in close quarter combat and also the Webley revolver
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A description of the Lee Enfield rifle, its workings and effectiveness; so rapid was the fire that the Germans actually thought it was a machine gun