IN THE RANKS

FRENCH MUSKETEER

WARFARE WAS CHANGING AND THE MUSKETEER WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DOMINANT

Although primitive handguns had been around for centuries, something like a musket did not appear in Europe until around 1475.

The arquebus was heavy, inaccurate and slow to load, but it paved the way for the musketeer to become the main players on the battlefield. By the time of the Franco-Dutch War the matchlock musket had replaced the