"To watch a battle" Topic
9 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please remember not to make new product announcements on the forum. Our advertisers pay for the privilege of making such announcements.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Ancients Discussion Message Board
Areas of InterestAncients
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Profile ArticleThe gates of Old Jerusalem offer a wide variety of scenario possibilities.
Featured Book Review
|
Korvessa | 19 Sep 2014 9:42 a.m. PST |
Famously at the battle of Bull Run local socialites showed up to watch the battle. Prior to David v Goliath, his brother chided him by saying he only came to see the battle. The question is did this type of thing happen much? Thinking of including keeping civilian lookie-loos safe as part of a scenario. |
Yesthatphil | 19 Sep 2014 10:29 a.m. PST |
Of course the traditional version of Boudicca's last battle (the so-called Battle of Watling Street) has the Britons bring 10s of Thousands of non-combatants to watch her expected victory from a vast semi-circle of wagons behind the army. When the Romans counter-attack, the fleeing Britons get trapped against the ring of wagons and a slaughtered … Archaeology is yet to identify or confirm any of this … Phil |
Bushy Run Battlefield | 19 Sep 2014 11:14 a.m. PST |
Xerxes watched Salamis from the cliffs allegedly. Still as King of Kings he could hardly be counted as a regular spectator. |
Toronto48 | 19 Sep 2014 11:20 a.m. PST |
The most famous could be Francis Scott Key at the Bombardment of Ft Henry He wrote a little poem to remember what he saw. |
skippy0001 | 19 Sep 2014 1:01 p.m. PST |
Don't forget the spectators that watched the Kearsarge and the Alabama duel in the channel. So if the Love Boat was at the Falklands…. |
Saurocet | 19 Sep 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
It's not like it has ever stopped either… Dark Tourism link
|
ochoin | 19 Sep 2014 1:50 p.m. PST |
Thanks to modern media, we can all watch real battles from the comfort of our living rooms. I watched Vietnam unfold on the TV as a kid. Didn't harm me mutch*…. * intentional misspelling
|
Sobieski | 19 Sep 2014 6:05 p.m. PST |
I understand everyone in the Hampton Roads region turned out to watch the "Virginia" and the "Monitor" banging away. And a rather hubristic Russian commander invited a group of civilians to watch the annihilation of the allied force at the Alma. |
Cerdic | 19 Sep 2014 10:57 p.m. PST |
I have read first hand reports of it happening during the Napoleonic Wars. I don't think anyone worried too much about safety of spectators. It was an 'at your own risk' kind of activity! |
|