piquets

At Culloden the British captured a number of what were called the Irish piquets, that is about 100 soldiers from the 4 Irish Regiments then in service to France, being Ruth, Lilly, Berwick, and Dillion who wore red with 4 different facings and some troops from the Royal Eccosais who wore a blue uniform with red facings.

Miss Flora MacDonald de Brantigny........................ 2008

At Culloden the British captured a number of what were called the Irish piquets, that is about 100 soldiers from the 4 Irish Regiments then in service to France, being Ruth, Lilly, Berwick, and Dillion who wore red with 4 different facings and some troops from the Royal Eccosais who wore a blue uniform with red facings.

Archive 2008-01-13 de Brantigny........................ 2008

Anhalt's piquets of Hanoverian and Brunswick troops contested the town and captured it from Guerchy's French.

Minden Pictures - Part I Der Alte Fritz 2009

Strangely enough, most non-crap armies expect to be attacked in their camp and guard against it with piquets, stockades and divers spiky things.

Why authenticity matters in Fantasy (and what kind) zornhau 2007

Anhalt's piquets of Hanoverian and Brunswick troops contested the town and captured it from Guerchy's French.

Archive 2009-08-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

He posted most of his force at the convent, for that was where the vulnerable men lay, and put piquets on the main roads out of the city, but everything in between was unguarded.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

Sharpe had piquets out at the ridge's eastern edge, but he did not need to check them for another few minutes.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

He stamped his feet as he went, wanting to alert the piquets to his presence.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

The British and Portuguese piquets let the enemy work undisturbed, only challenging the few voltigeurs who climbed too close to the crest.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

The small piquets on the outlying streets, none larger than thirty men, fortified themselves in houses and waited for Marshal Mass-na to trounce the enemy and send reinforcements back to Coimbra.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003