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Mercenaries
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Originally hired soldiers as distinguished from feudal levies, now bodies of foreign troops in the service of the State; the Scots Guards in France from the 15th to 18th centuries were famous, and Swiss auxiliaries once belonged to most European armies; William III. had Dutch mercenaries in England; under the Georges, German were hired and were used in the American War, the Irish rebellion, and the Napoleonic struggle; in the Crimean War German, Swiss, and Italian were enrolled.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mercenaries'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mercenaries.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mercenaries'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mercenaries.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
