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Skirmisher

Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They may be deployed in a skirmish line, an irregular open formation that is much more spread out in depth and in breadth than a traditional line formation. Their…

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Skirmisher

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples51
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Skirmisher

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related to Middle Ages · 11
Skirmisher → Agincourt, Aljubarrota, Battle, Castilian, Crécy, English, French, In, Medieval, Portuguese, Similarly
related to Napoleonic Wars · 10
Skirmisher → Because, British, During, European, Examples, French, German Jäger, Napoleonic Wars, Some, Such
related to Late modern period · 7
Skirmisher → American Civil War, As, By, Heavy, The, With, World War
related to Cold War and beyond · 6
Skirmisher → Angolan, Cuban, South Africa's, South African, South African Border War, The
related to history · 6
Skirmisher → Acting, In, Once, Skirmishers, The, Their
related to External links · 2
Skirmisher → Napoleonic, Skirmish

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skirmishers infantry battle tactics enemy cavalry skirmish light war skirmishing troops army american role warfare main irregular line armed often

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thureophoroiinstance ofand well-equipped skirmisher troops0.80text
thorakites would be developed to provide a strong mobile force for the Greekinstance ofand well-equipped skirmisher troops0.80text
the Macedonian armies.The Celts did notinstance ofand well-equipped skirmisher troops0.80text
in generalinstance ofand well-equipped skirmisher troops0.80text
favour ranged weaponsinstance ofand well-equipped skirmisher troops0.80text
rapid movementinstance ofThe lightly armed South African units used tactics0.80text
flank harassmentinstance ofThe lightly armed South African units used tactics0.80text
confusing the enemy with continuous maneuvering to compensate for their inferiority in firepower when they were faced with Angolaninstance ofThe lightly armed South African units used tactics0.80text
Cuban forces during the South African Border Warinstance ofThe lightly armed South African units used tactics0.80text
Skirmisherrelated to Cold War and beyondSouth Africa's0.60section
Skirmisherrelated to Cold War and beyondThe0.60section
Skirmisherrelated to Cold War and beyondSouth African0.60section

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