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Miquelets or
Micalets (Catalan pronunciation: [mikəˈlɛts]; Spanish: Migueletes) were
irregular Catalan and
Valencian mountain light infantry units. They...
- locks,
applied to all
manner of flintlocks,
miquelets included).
Contemporaries did not use the term "
miquelet" to
describe any type of lock or firearm....
- of
miquelet lock,
closely allied to the
agujeta lock (which
required a back or dog
catch for half ****) and the
Italian romanlock. The term
miquelet is...
- forces, the
miquelets, who laid
ambushes to Noailles'
forces from
woods and heights. One of the most
effective leaders of the
miquelets was
Captain Ramon...
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Miquelets de
Catalunya is a
Spanish living history and
historical reenactment group founded in 2005 that
reenacts several Catalan Army
units from the...
- wear from
striking the frizzen. (See also
flintlock mechanism, snaphance,
Miquelet lock.) The
flintlock was
widely used
during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries...
-
mechanical progression of the
wheellock firing mechanism, and
along with the
miquelet lock and
doglock are
predecessors of the
flintlock mechanism. The name...
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successive Combats of El Bruc
outside Barcelona,
local Catalan militia, the
Miquelets (also
known as sometents),
defeated François
Xavier de Schwarz's 4,000...
- 1737" by Carl
Hofverberg 17th
century pistols at Läckö Castle. Pair of
Miquelet Pistols, in the
Peninsular Spanish style, made in
colonial Mexico, dated...
- at Moià and
arranged for the
miquelets (Catalan militia) to join him in
attacking Vic. On 19 February, 3,500
miquelets led by
Francesc Rovira i Sala...
