| The musketeers romantically portrayed by Dumas in the 19th century reflected the flamboyance and panache expected of them and their kind. |
| Recall also that the three musketeers are fallen idols, prototypes of the grizzled gunslingers found in so many Westerns. |
| They equipped their troops as sailors, artillerists, musketeers as specified by the Crown. |
| Eliminating the match speeded up fire-drill significantly, but it also allowed the musketeers to be packed far more closely in their units. |
| Pikemen stood on guard with their 16 feet long weapons and musketeers cleaned their matchlock muskets ready for the later mock battles. |
| The re-enactments by members of the English Civil War Society will feature musketeers, pikemen and cavalry, with the occasional cannon shot. |
