- Poczet
Poczet (fellowship or retinue) (plural "Poczty") was the smallest organized unit of soldiers in Kingdom of Poland and
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 15th until the 18th century. The name of a medium or heavy-cavalry soldiers in poczet was pocztowy.In the cavalry, each poczet was commanded by a "
towarzysz husarski " or "towarzysz pancerny ". Several Poczets were combined to form larger units such as the "Chorągiew " (Company, or more correctly, the equivalent of the medievalLances fournies ).Pocztowy was an assistant and subordinate of the "
Towarzysz ", in some respects similar to more ancientknight 's servant - page orsquire . He was armoured like his superior, but fought in the second or third line and was responsible for guarding his back and flanks in a battle.ee also
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Offices in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Further reading
* Richard Brzezinski, "Polish Winged Hussar 1576-1775" (Warrior Series 94), Oxford: Osprey, 2006. ISBN 1-84176-650-X
* Richard Brzezinski, "Polish Armies 1569-1696", 2 vols, London: Osprey Publishing, 1987, ISBN 0-85045-736-X and ISBN 0-85045-744-0
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