They numbered 300 bowmen, plus 900 men armed with guns, broadswords and targe shields. Only officers and gentlemen were equipped with a broadsword, targe and pistol. Wallace thrusts the targe and its spike pierces Shaka's leg. Wallace thrusts the targe and pierces into Shaka's leg. Shaka uses his axe; Wallace ducks under the axe and blocks with his targe. They were armed with swords, bows and axes, short knives, and round targe shields. Wallace ducks under the axe and blocks with his targe. Helmet, mail shirt, sabre, targe, spear and, in some cases, throwing axes and topors. Targa is an old word for targe, shield. The investigation was conducted by Captain Antoine Louis Targe, aide to the minister. Dunbar is represented by "The Goldyn Targe" and The Thrissil and the Rois. Shaka swings at the targe, preventing Wallace from picking it up. He made a distinction in price between an "officer's targe" and an ordinary targe. Dunbar's chief allegorical poems are "The Goldyn Targe" and "The Thrissil and the Rois". It appears more likely that targe designs were individual to their owner.