Quote Originally Posted by Zenicetus
What I don't like is the Napoleonic period (or my possibly mistaken view of it)... the idea of two armies marching towards each other in rigid formation... then the front rank fires in unison, and falls. Then the next rank fires, and falls. Gahhhh... and all at fairly long range. Doesn't seem like that much fun.
Actually you are mistaken The marching forward in rigid formations was something from 18th century warfare. Napoleonic warfare was a breakaway from the oldfashioned linear warfare with the newly introduced corps that had all three elements (cav, inf and art)


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