shield-bearers

The shield-bearers ran back to the bridge and stood below it, eyes agape.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

Once again he prepared the army for a warlike exercise and formed two armed contingents; and the trumpeters, the ranks of shield-bearers and men in armour stood by.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Campaigns of Emperor Herakleios (620-6), according to the Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor 2009

Ten (of it) in the front of them and five in the rear: the other sixty files situated behind are all shield-bearers, who total to three hundred.

The Art of War 2003

The third Centurion is placed behind these, and he has twenty five files behind him, in each of which are three shield-bearers on the left left side and two pikemen on the right: and after the first five files are twenty Heads of Ten placed between the pikemen and the shield-bearers.

The Art of War 2003

Constable, with the flag and bugler, is in that space which is between the five files of pikemen and the fifteen of shield-bearers: there is one of the Captains of the Ten on every flank, so that each one is alongside his men, those who are on the left side of his right hand, those on the right side on his left hand.

The Art of War 2003

And you have to understand, that the Head of Ten who has to guide (lead) the pikemen ought to have a pike, and those who guide the shield-bearers ought to have similar arms.

The Art of War 2003

After these, the Constable between the flag and the bugler, who also has behind him another fifteen files of shield-bearers.

The Art of War 2003

Centurion who was Head of the first fifteen files of shield-bearers leaves the place where he was, and goes to the rear of the left angle.

The Art of War 2003

Behind these twenty five files thusly arranged, another Centurion is placed who has fifteen files of shield-bearers behind him.

The Art of War 2003

After, move the third Centurion with the twenty five files and with the fourth Centurion who is behind them, and turning to the right, march by the left flank of the last fifteen files of shield-bearers, and he does not halt until he is at the head of them, but continues marching up until the last files of twenty five are in line with the files behind.

The Art of War 2003