Halberd and pike in battle near Ins, Berne canton, in 1375. Encumbered by heavy armour, the mounted French and English mercenaries at left are cut down by disciplined Swiss infantrymen wielding long, armour-piercing weapons. From the Amtliche Chronik by Diebold Schilling, 15th century; in the Burgerbibliothek Bern (MSS. hist. helv. 1.1, fol. 205).
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