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The Swiss had demonstrated that tightly formed infantry armed with long pikes could stop horses and defeat mounted knights.
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“The Swiss, for example, had already proved that a mounted knight could be knocked out of the saddle and defeated if you have men shoulder to shoulder locked in place with long pikes to keep those horses.”31:10Report a misattribution
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