| The pavis or Pavoise was more generally used by archers and crossbowmen as a cover. |
| There was also a mounted element of crossbowmen equally adept at reconnaissance and pursuit. |
| Dozens of sentries and crossbowmen kept watch on the battlements, and mounted cavalry patrolled the keep walls and the surrounding area. |
| After an attack by crossbowmen and infantry, the van of the French cavalry charged impetuously through their own infantry across the stream and up the slope on the other side. |
| The French first sent forward Genoese mercenary crossbowmen, whose weapons, their bowstrings slackened by a shower of rain, proved no match for the English longbows. |
| He quickly formed his army up to meet an attack, but his crossbowmen were still on the other side of the river. |
