Hi Andrew From my reading, the Brigade Column such as was used to assault the Village of Ramilles and at Malplaquet - the Battalions were still formed in a...
Rich Not surprisingly I think I disagree with you - although its nice to see you are still as contraversial as ever. I have to admit I always thought SAGA ran...
Hi Martin I think many gamers have certain preconceived ideas about the latter half of the 17th Century and the WSS, much of which comes from the works of...
Thanks Iain: very helpful. Just a quick supplementary: how significant a combat advantage would such a formation have over line: just faster movement or...
Thanks for your comments Bill - just what I wanted In terms of Game Structure and initiative - what you seem to be suggesting sounds very similar to the system...
Hi Andrew It was only really aimed at defensive positions - concentrating bodies of troops in a narrow area - this formation would be quite vulnerable if in...
Thanks Iain: very helpful; not quite sure how to apply it in the context of my (very simple) morale-based rule-set but it's all grist for the mill, Best...
Andrew How about as a benefit/function of 'support'. The formation is for a specific purpose; the units will know that and will be relying on the supporting...
Thanks for this Pete: a useful thought. As my rules stand, brigades deployed in a single line without any other unit within 200 paces behind them suffer a -1...
Andrew I am not sure the comparison is valid. My understanding of the early French attack columns were that they were introduced because 'les bleus' were not ...
Pete, I think the modern research has discounted this belief mostly. France experimented with attack columns in the 7YW It was not fully implemented due to the...
Thanks Mark: very interesting: so by giving late 18th century attack columns a movement advantage rather than any other sort, I'm actually conforming to the...
Keeping in mind that Spainish Succession is not 7YW is not French Rev/Napoleonic then yes. But Noseworthy (and Rory Muir) are still worth the read - even non...
Mark Forgive me, but this was essentially the point I was making in response to Andrew's message. He was drawing a comparison between an attack by a series of...
I was informed by Nic that we have reached our goal in order to have four different gendarmes on four different barded horses produced! Let us rejoice with a...
Thanks Mark, I might follow up Noseworthy and Muir: what are the relevant titles and other details? My problem is that I'm such a 'period tourist' that deep...
Pete, Ah, I see your point, but how often did this wave attack happen in the CGB rules period? Certainly in the (outside P & S) Fr Rev and Napoleonic wars, it...
These attacks are recorded as occurring at 2 major battles in Flanders (Ramilles & Malplaquet) and on numerous other occasions. The formation was specifically...
Pete, Iain, Great stuff. We may be approaching a consensus here. If the massed formation was used successfully in assaults on entrenchments and fortifications,...
Mark, Iain Not sure you can entirely overlook the morale effect of numbers. It is generally accepted as part of most rule sets that support in some form or ...
Stephen E-B "For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he; and therefore truly, sir, I think it's clear,...
Pete, Couldn't disagree more. That morale effect is definitely a war gaming convention when we are talking about closing troops together to make bigger units. ...
... Studies have shown that individual moral in combat is based on a very small group of buddies which surround the individual. The overall number of men in...
Mark We will have to agree to disagree. I don't consider morale solely a wargaming convention, other than it is the one element of wargaming that we can never...
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Richard, I really have to protest at your latest post. That research is based upon studies of American units in WW2. That's a very different war and very...
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