"Crossing the Lines: More Like Foxes Than Lyons" Topic
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Tango01  | 29 Sep 2023 8:57 p.m. PST |
"In the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession
it was common to try to deny the enemy passage through long stretches of countryside by
establishing "lines". Typically, these were simply siege lines writ large: redoubts and entrenchments
worked into the terrain which would run for miles, and offer patrolling troops a way to easily fend off
any incursion. Such lines were employed by both the French and their enemies at different points. The
most famous example of action along such lines was Marlborough's crossing of the lines of "Ne Plus
Ultra," but there were other examples in many theatres and in earlier wars.
Such lines were not the equal of proper fortifications along their entire length, and this scenario
depicts an Imperialist attempt to force a passage through a more weakly constructed point in such a
system of lines manned by the French…."
Full Battle at FENCING FROG Blog link Armand |
| Shagnasty | 30 Sep 2023 8:28 a.m. PST |
Very nice. I love this period. |
| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2023 3:23 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
