[82] Tavannes, La Noue.
[83] It is curious to compare the parallel contest of armoured ships and artillery at the present time.
[84] Rittmeister.
[85] Fähnrich.
[86] Fourier.
[87] Wachtmeister.
[88] The particulars of the reiters' organisation are taken from the Kriegsbuch of Leonard Fronsberger, 1566.
[89] It is just possible that Xenophon's example may have favoured the abandonment of shock for missile tactics in cavalry.
[90] There were two kinds of soldiers, the gentleman soldier and the yeoman soldier. Hence the name points to the enlistment of men below the status of gentleman. The Navy still has "Yeomen of the Signals."
[91] I must confess that this should be put forward rather as a conjecture than an assertion; but it is remarkable that Henry VIII. should have permitted the use of any colours to the Artillery Company except purple and scarlet. Green and white were the favourite Tudor colours, being used even in ribbons for the attachment of the Great Seal.