A natural tendency fighting is to get as much cover from the guy on your weapon side's shield. This is what makes line drift. Positioning lefties on the left would split the unit as the flanks would drift in opposite directions. Positioning then on the right would make the unit too close. I am very dubious about this remembered article you quote. It may be something you saw in The Sun or something equivalent for all you recall.

Not even all scientific articles are correct and artciles dealing with history appear in some very "popular" forms sometimes in less serious magazines for the broad public.

I am sorry to be an arrogant and stubborn mule, but your vague memory of something you do not remember where, when or specifically what you read is no valid source.

I shall make some inquiries though to avoid misunderstandings. We should hopefully be able to validate or discount this theory in 2-3 days.

I still feel this thread has run its course, but also that such a matter needs resolving, for now people reading this thread will vaguely remember having read somewhere and in 4-5 years with dimmed memory pass on something probably incorrect as truth...

If you want another example of left-handedness in the Bible, Ehud was a hero from the Book of Judges who killed Eglon, the king of Moab, helped because the guards didn't see his sword on the opposite side from normal.

I know that one from a very silly song written by a poet and co at a Christian festival (I believe they were trying to find the most innapropriate Bible story to write a children's song about - this festival is quite open and liberal, otherwise they might not have got away with it!)