Quote Originally Posted by lancelot
Battle of Canne?

The entire center of the line used a fighting withdrawl.
That is questionable. Or rather I mean Hannibal placed his lesser troops in the center in the full knowledge that they would be pushed back and as such was a fighting withdraw something that happened on purpose or as a result of his troop placement? And was give the order to fall back just a way to tell his weaker troops to not worry to much about getting their arses kicked and that he fully expected it?