Miquelets or Micalets (Catalan pronunciation: [mikəˈlɛts]; Spanish: Migueletes) were irregular Catalan and Valencian mountain light troops. They enjoyed...

in the Peninsular War to describe the style of musket used by the Miquelet (militia) that had been assigned to the Peninsular Army of the Duke of Wellington...

families with kids. The streaming channel was named after the Miquelets, the Catalan militias active in the 17th century that fought against the Castilian...

Miquelets de Catalunya is a Catalan living history and historical reenactment group founded in 2005 that reenacts several Catalan Army units from the...

independence or integrity of the Andorran territory, of Spain and France. Miquelet (militia) Far-right terrorism in Spain Vicens Vives, Jaume (1978) [1945]. Historia...

matchlock to wheellock to the earlier flintlocks (snaplock, snaphance, miquelet, and doglock) in the previous two centuries, and each type had been an...

trouble. In the first of the Battles of the Bruch swarms of Catalan miquelets (militia) kept his soldiers from crossing the pass. He called for help and...

800 men of the Fija de Roses regiment and 400 miquelets, the Catalan militia, with 5,000 more miquelets under Colonel Juan Clarós in the nearby hills...

complement to the regular troops of the Bourbon army, which opposed the Miquelets, who survived as rebel supporters of Archduke Charles. The Mossos was...

from the rest of the Grande Armée in Spain by thousands of Catalan miquelets (militia), supported by a few Spanish regular troops. A few weeks previously...

Francesc Rovira i Sala or Francisco Rovira (1764 – 1820) led miquelets (Catalan militia) against Imperial France in a number of partisan actions during...

air rifle) Explosive-propelled Musket Wheellock Snaplock / snaphance / miquelet lock Doglock Flintlock Che Dian Chong Pistol Blunderbuss Musketoon Wall...

Catalonia and Valencia, where thousands of well-organised miquelets (in conjunction with local militias known as somatenes) had already proved their worth in...

Catalan militia forces, the miquelets, who laid ambushes to Noailles' forces from woods and heights. One of the most effective leaders of the miquelets was...

These regular troops and local militias which, in the case of Catalonia, ran to several thousand well-organised miquelets, or somatenes, who had already...

abandon the pike altogether (flintlocks and proto-flintlocks, such as the miquelet lock, had been in use since the mid-16th century, but remained less common...

and laid siege to the small garrison. The garrison, knowing that the miquelets would murder them, surrendered to Lord Cochrane and the entire garrison...

alert them. The miquelets were organized into 1,000-man "tercios". Newly-raised units are labeled "Volunteers" or "new". Miquelets and militia have the Catalan...

marked the beginning of the conflict. The irregular militia involved were known as "Miquelets". The situation took Olivares by surprise, with most of...

with news of the VII Corps, Briche was attacked by swarms of miquelets, the Catalan militia, and abandoned his mission. Briche took refuge with Chabot's...

included 2,000 regulars, 2,300 local miquelets (Catalan Militia), and Francesc Rovira i Sala's band of 3,000 miquelets. This minor disaster caused Marshal...

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...

chaussée near Sant Celoni, where it was attacked by four battalions of miquelets, sent by Vives. 16 December 1808 Battle of Cardadeu Barcelona, Catalonia...

the guilds Offices Even so, the Coroneles and mercenary troops such as miquelets were not included in the army, the troops had to be professional and well-armed...

Musnier and Bernard-Georges-François Frère to clear the Catalan militia or miquelets away from the Lleida–Barcelona road. Overlooking the road, the guerrilla...

of Broglie and was placed in command of the Royal army, hiring 3,000 miquelets. On February 25, the king granted Montrevel and Nicolas de Lamoignon de...

in substitution of the somatén and to put an end to the strongholds of miquelets supporting Charles of Austria. Just as it is impossible to find in the...

arrived from the Balearic Islands. Supported by thousands of miquelets (Catalan militia) the Spaniards blockaded Barcelona at the beginning of August...

were considered quite significant at the time. Local Catalan guerrillas (Miquelets) aided the Spanish regulars in driving the French out of Catalonia, and...

on 14 January 1714 during the War of the Spanish Succession between the militia of the surrounding area, supporters of Archduke Charles of Austria, and...