The pike square (German: Gevierthaufen, lit. 'square crowd', or Gewalthaufen lit. 'crowd of force') was a military tactical formation in which 10 rows...

by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet-equipped muskets. The pike was particularly well known as...

Look up Pike, pike, or pikes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph...

Pike and shot was a historical infantry tactical formation that first appeared during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and was used until the development...

to the maestre de campo. Within a tercio's squares, ranks of pikemen assembled into a hollow pike square (cuadro) containing swordsmen – typically with...

of 34,318 square miles (88,883.21 km2), of which 34.016 square miles (88.10 km2) is land and 0.302 square miles (0.78 km2) is water. Pike Road elects...

rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period. Consisting predominantly...

categories: those designed for extended reach and thrusting tactics used in pike square or phalanx combat; those designed to increase leverage (due to hands...

to enter or leave the square. The square was revived in the 14th century as the schiltron. It later appeared as the pike square or tercio during the Thirty...

Albert Pike (December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891) was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served...