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- Military Career of Alexander the Great, Start to Finish
The Macedonian infantry was good; that asks too much We also see nothing of the sort under Alexander afterwards - attacks en echelon being a quite different animal Alexander may well be on horseback but, on balance, the nature of the language of our only (and poor) literary source, Diodorus, describes, for me, infantry work
- The Spartan defeat at Leuktra and the Theban wedge.
One of several aspects of the battle that interest me is Epaminondas' use of a 'wedge' or echelon formation, the protruding columns arrayed 50 shields deep, this proved devastatingly successful, which indicates that sheer weight mass played a role in phalanx combat, at least in this battle
- Who are your favourite generals? | Page 14 | History Forum
All he did was charge in echelon to support the Hospitallers once it was clear that the enemy had abandoned their range advantage At Jaffa, he caught the enemy while they were encamped outside the city and besieging it, while the rest he enclosed within the settlement as they were storming it and caught them in narrow confines where they could
- Whats Your top 15 best Military generals of all time and why?
Such a general is a great subcommander but should never be considered in the top echelon of generals Richard Gabriel correctly points out that his style of leading from the front is actually a major regression compared to his father Caesar is a much better general than Alexander, he's also light years better than Napoleon
- Did Robert E Lee cause the Confederacy the war?
Firstly crossing the Potomac took several days, because the trains are much larger than the fighting echelon Lee started his trains across the river on the 15th, and it wasn't complete until the 17th
- most underrated Civil War general and most overrated?
Most overrated was probably William Tecumseh Sherman Don't get me wrong, Sherman was a great general, but around a lot of circles he is treated like the god of war When in reality most modern commanders probably prefer to study Grant or Beauregard What do you think?
- Ancient Casualties vs Modern Casualties | History Forum
If you mean there are far more support and rear-echelon troops in modern times, sure Of course, that doesn't help the guys on the sharp end, since they take most of the hits
- Pompey Magnus vs Scipio Africanus | Page 5 | History Forum
They moved supporting troops from the third echelon of infantry and attempted to form a flanking angle against the envelopment
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