"Of rivers, canals, pontoons and bridges " Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 May 2015 3:52 p.m. PST |
"Rivers were crucial in 17th/18th century warfare. They provided the means of transporting supplies, troops, weapons, ammunition, artillery and livestock – the full panoply of war! With the un-metalled roads so poor and often only usable for the brief campaigning season of April to October, navigable rivers and canals allowed the year-round moving, supplying and resupplying of the troops.
The control of rivers, the crossing of rivers, the position and flow of rivers forming borders or providing invasion and defensive places dominated the thinking of all the great 9YW and WSS commanders. Bridges had to be seized or defended – or if they had already been destroyed by enemy action – either repaired by the engineers or substituted with pontoons or identified fords…"
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GamesPoet  | 12 May 2015 4:41 p.m. PST |
Very inspirational, thank you! |
| Tango01 | 13 May 2015 10:39 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
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| EricThe Shed | 14 May 2015 7:53 a.m. PST |
those rivers look familiar…sadly homebase have stopped selling these tiles |
| Tango01 | 15 May 2015 12:19 p.m. PST |
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