Julian couldn't have been a complete "numpty" since Ammianus thought so highly of him (esp. as Ammianus was a stern judge of character). He was, however, a...
One of my favorite military mysteries is why were reiters so popular for so long. When i mean reiters i mean units employing the caracole. Initially for use...
- But with reiter the point where the intimidation is most useful has passed long before they produce pistol fire. The art of intimidating is to do it esrly...
Which raises the question re the ACW, which was (I think) the first war over an extended period where cavalry had access to relatively effective firearms. Was...
A fine choice. Culloden completely underlines what happens when you try to charge formed firearm infantry with edged weapons. Another paraphrase. Trust a Scot...
While charges were used to effect. The cavalry on both sides also used to dismount into a firing line with a couple of squadrons in support. After the war...
... The Jacobites brought muskets with them as well. In the majority of the battles of the '45 it seems to have been the Hanoverian infantry who were more...
... IIRC De La Noue reckoned that the edge Huguenot pistoleers had over Catholic lancers was the depth of their formation and the discipline that it tended to...
... Yet the Scots won quite a few encounters where they charged the firing line. French assault columns successfully charged Austrian lines in the 1859 war in...
... In 1868, the Austro-Hungarian cavalry introduced sabres with a thumb-in-line grip, as opposed to the old style, held hatchet-fashion. It's British cousin,...
... Neoplatonists come in various colurs, though Julian was at the smells, bells and weaping statues end of the market. Ammianus was a big one for the Ouija...
... Correct, the blade is more frightening. That is why the routine of 'Fix Bayonets' works. It adds a pressure on the enemy who see that you are going to...
Yes I see. It was the fixed bayonets of the british redcoat that drove off Napoleons columns and beat Zulu and fuzzy wuzzy. Actually the Bayonet is the real...
... It's more a myth really. The South didn't have the resources to equip all of their cav with sabers. Consequently they were not trained to charge with...
Actually in the first example, yes. According to Nafziger, he feels the British had a better system for aiming their muskets and better fire discipline that...
... Actually, yes. The Napoleonic British didn't win by wieght of fire. They won by disordering the opponent with fire, then charging with fixed bayonets and a...
-- I think they are either smoothbore muskets or the Lorenz single shot rifle equivalent to an Enfield. Roy - In ancmed@yahoogroups.com, "Brian McCormack"...
... Until you get to the period in which firepower is totally dominant (from the Dreyse gun on as I said) then the moral effect is more important than the...
... Bruce Weigel in his "1859" rules notes that about 80% of the Austrian infantry was armed with the M1854 Lorenz rifle. The remainder being a mix of Model...
... From: "johnrohdeuk" <johnrohdeuk@...> To: <ancmed@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:07 AM Subject: [ancmed] Re: OT Horse sense ......
... That's a lifestyle choice you have to make, Peter ... Nik Gaukroger "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does, he will tell you. If he does...
... Caracoling was popular amongst the troopers because it meant you did not have to charge into those dangerous masses of infantry armed with pike and musket,...
Good old Mr Boss, Isandlhwana? Here we go again. The Redcoats ran out of ammunition. The Highlanders did more than charge frontally at their winning battles...
