| 11. | Mounted archers were stationed, together with light-armed slingers, in front of the main infantry line.
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| 12. | The cavalry acted in pairs; the reins of the mounted archer were controlled by his neighbour's hand.
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| 13. | They are very good mounted archers, shooting four-foot-long ( 1.2 m ) arrows.
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| 14. | The buffalo hunts of the North American prairies may be the best-recorded examples of bowhunting by mounted archers.
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| 15. | Shorter bows are more suited to use on horseback, and the composite bow enabled mounted archers to use powerful weapons.
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| 16. | Captured turcopoles ( locally recruited mounted archers employed by the crusader states ) were also executed on Saladin's orders.
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| 17. | Soldiery of the era ranged from lightly armed mounted archers to heavy infantry, in regiments of varying size and quality.
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| 18. | The slower moving infantry have little to no hope of catching the mounted archers, putting them at a distinct disadvantage.
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| 19. | In addition, there were two additional bodies of allied troops, both mounted archers, 600 Huns and 400 Heruls.
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| 20. | Later on, Alexander himself used mounted archers recruited among the Scythians and Dahae, during the Greek invasion of India.
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