| An arquebusier could carry more ammunition and powder than a crossbowman or longbowman could with bolts or arrows. |
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| The arquebusier carries a lot of gunpowder on his person and has a lit match in one hand. |
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| France's reliance on cannon was usually the deciding factor until Spain developed a lightweight matchlock gun, called the arquebusier. |
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| Perhaps most important, producing an effective arquebusier required much less training than producing an effective bowman. |
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| While a bow potentially took years to master, an effective arquebusier could be trained in just two weeks. |
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| Emma Baker's Arquebusier made all to defy a 7lb penalty for winning at Fontwell last week when holding Georgieshore by a head in the Waltham On The Wolds Handicap Hurdle. |
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| It also meant that, compared to an archer or crossbowman, an arquebusier lost less of his battlefield effectiveness due to fatigue, malnutrition or sickness. |
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| It was sometimes advocated that an arquebusier should load his weapon with multiple bullets or small shot at close ranges rather than a single ball. |
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| It was quite a day for the Naunton area of Cheltenham as O'Brien's neighbour Emma Baker joined the party in the finale when Arquebusier scrambled home under James Banks. |
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| A infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier. |
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