▁the ▁M ug hal ▁inf antry ▁plus ▁some ▁combination ▁weapons . ▁ ▁Europe ▁ ▁Spain ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Spanish ▁army , ▁the ▁ter cio ▁or ▁the ▁Spanish ▁square ▁was ▁a ▁mixed ▁inf antry ▁formation ▁that ▁theoret ically ▁could ▁number ▁up ▁to ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁p ik emen , ▁s words men ▁and ▁mus k ete ers ; ▁although , ▁on ▁the ▁battle field , ▁it ▁was ▁usually ▁much ▁smaller . ▁It ▁was ▁effective ▁in ▁its ▁era , ▁capital izing ▁on ▁the ▁close - qu arter ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁pi ke ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁long - range ▁project ile ▁capabilities ▁of ▁the ▁mus ket . ▁It ▁res emble d ▁a ▁lo os ely ▁formed ▁ph al an x ▁in ▁function , ▁but ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁flexible ▁and ▁dead ly . ▁The ▁mus k ete ers ▁of ▁the ▁ter cios ▁were ▁developed ▁from ▁the ▁earlier ▁arqu eb us ier ▁man ned ▁cor onel ías , ▁who ▁had ▁established ▁their ▁reputation ▁by ▁defe ating ▁the ▁French ▁and ▁capt uring ▁their ▁king ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁P avia ▁in ▁ 1 5 2 5 . ▁ ▁France ▁ ▁The ▁Mus k ete ers ▁of ▁the ▁Guard ▁were ▁a ▁junior ▁unit , ▁initially ▁of ▁roughly ▁company ▁strength , ▁of ▁the ▁military ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁House hold ▁or ▁M aison ▁du ▁Ro i . ▁They ▁were ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 2 ▁when ▁Louis ▁XIII ▁furn ished ▁a ▁company ▁of ▁light ▁caval ry ▁( the ▁" car ab ini ers ", ▁created ▁by ▁Louis