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Dan Jones' Plantagenets says Simon de Monford was killed in battle by a specialist hit squad of twelve men led by Roger Mortimer. How common were "hit squads" in medieval European battles and how did they function?

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Dan Jones' Plantagenets says Simon de Monford was killed in battle by a specialist hit squad of twelve men led by Roger Mortimer. How common were "hit squads" in medieval European battles and how did they function?	317	AskHistorians