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The Tercio Español was the product of the Italian Wars, in which the Spanish general, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, reorganized the Spanish army throughout a series of conflicts at the end of the 15th century and early 16th century, into a tactically unique combination of combined arms centered around armored infantry.
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Tercio and Español
The Tercio ( " third ") or Tercio Español ( The Spanish Third ) was a spanish military unit of the Spanish Empire during the era of the dominance of Hapsburg Spain in Europe and the Renaissance era.
Tercio and was
The Spanish Tercio was used with great success against French knights.
The French forces won a decisive victory at Rocroi ( 1643 ), and the Spanish army was decimated ; the Tercio was broken.
* September 4 – El Tercio de Extranjeros, the " Regiment of Foreigners " ( modern-day Spanish Legion )-which was formed by the Royal decree of King Alfonso XIII on January 28, 1920-is inaugurated in Spain.
The quintessential example of this development was the Spanish Tercio, which consisted of a large square of pikemen with small, mobile squadrons of arquebusiers moving along its perimeter, as well as traditional men-at-arms.
In the Spanish army, the Tercio or the Spanish Square was a mixed infantry formation that theoretically could have up to 3, 000 pikemen, swordsmen and musketeers, although on the battlefield it was usually much smaller.
A large proportion of the Spanish army ( which by the later half of the 16th century was entirely composed of tercio units: Tercio of Savoy, Tercio of Sicily ) was deployed in the Netherlands to quell the increasingly difficult rebellion against the Habsburgs, although ironically many units of Spanish tercios became part of the problem rather than the solution when the time came to pay them.
The Spanish infantry was of mixed quality, the Tercio of Naples was an elite unit that traced back its history to 1567, it had lived up to its reputation at the Battle of Wimpfen with a superb performance, and Córdoba placed it in the post of honour to the right, blocking the road.
Founded as the Tercio de Extranjeros (" Foreigners Regiment "), it was originally intended as a Spanish equivalent of the French Foreign Legion, but in practice it recruited almost exclusively Spaniards and Spanish expatriates from Spanish-speaking countries.
In 1925, the unit title was changed to Tercio de Marruecos (‘ The Tercio of Morocco ’).
This was soon abbreviated to ‘ The Tercio ’.
In 1937 at the height of the Spanish Civil War, the name of Tercio de Marrueco was officially changed to La Legion, the name by which it is still known today.
It was only after then that the Legion attained its present composition of 4 Tercios, and the names given to them ( the 4th Tercio of the Legion was established later in 1950 ):
Tercio and Italian
: Avila Tercio ( Italian )
Tercio and which
The soundtrack features in this scene a funeral march, La Madrugá, composed by Colonel Abel Moreno for the Holy Week of Seville, played by the band of the regiment Soria 9, heir of that which participated in the battle, the oldest unit in the Spanish Army, and since nicknamed " the bloody Tercio ".
As commander of the forces of the Catholic League he fought against the Bohemian rebels following the Defenestration of Prague, by which time he had trained his soldiers in the Spanish Tercio system, which featured musketeers supported by deep ranks of pikemen.
* Grenadier company, Tercio de Cantabros Historical reenactment group that represents a militia group which had a courageous performance in Buenos Aires in 1807.
The Tercio de Armada ( TeAr ) became the main amphibious unit and has experienced several restructures that led to the E-01 Plan, which defines the requirements and structures from the year 2000 for the Spanish Navy Marines.
Tercio and Spanish
: 1st Provisional Tercio ( Spanish mutineers )
: Monroy Tercio ( Spanish )
: Villar Tercio ( Spanish )
: Sapena Tercio ( Spanish )
* Tercio, a Renaissance-era military formation sometimes referred to as the Spanish Square
* Spanish Tercio Tactics
Roberts ´ linear tactics concept had an early critic in his disciple Geoffrey Parker, who asked why the supposedly outdated Spanish Tercio crushed the Swedish at the battle of Nördlingen Parker instead suggested as the key technological element the appearance of the trace italienne in early modern Europe.
Tercio and Gonzalo
45px 1st Tercio " Great Captain Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba "
1st Legion Tercio " Great Captain Gonzalo Fernandez de Coroba " ( Melilla )
Tercio and de
In the original Tercio de Extranjeros there were, amongst others, one Chinese, three Japanese, one Maltese, one Russian, and one black American.
45px 2nd Tercio " Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba "
45px 3rd Tercio " Don Juan de Austria "
* 3rd Legion Tercio " Don Juan de Austria " ( Viator )
The fishing villages of La Tunara ( La Línea de la Concepción, Spain ) and La Caleta are mentioned in a Royal Dispatch of the 6 March 1634 of being under the jurisdiction of the " Tercio del Mar de Marbella y Estepona " in the Kingdom of Granada.
Some vehicles form the Grupo Mecanizado Anfibio del Tercio de Armada ( the Mechanized Amphibious Group of the Navy Tercio ).
* Tercio Nuevo de la Mar de Nápoles.
* Tercio de la Armada del Mar Océano.
* Tercio de Galeras de Sicilia.
* Tercio Viejo del Mar Océano y de Infantería Napolitana.
* El Tercio de Armada ( BRIMAR ) ( SP Marines Brigade )
Tercio and Córdoba
Fugger Regiment and Verdugo Tercio were also experienced units, veterans of the Bohemian campaign, the rest of the units were garrison troops of lesser quality mobilized by Córdoba to fill his command.
Tercio and century
* Cross " del Tercio "-constructed in the 17th century, it marked the border between the neighborhoods of La Fresneda and Navalquejigo.
Tercio and combination
Mixed formations of men quickly became the norm for European infantrymen, with many, but not all, seeking to imitate the Tercio ; in England, a combination off billmen, longbowmen, and men-at-arms remained the norm, though this changed when the supply of yew on the island dwindled.
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