09-26-2003, 06:43 AM
The checherboard-formation was "re-invented" by the Dutch Prince Maurice in the XVI-XVII century (although he himself thought otherwise, he said he just read a book (Vegetius), nothing more). The idea was launched then as the "rotating frontline": the line of muskettiers was diveded into several lines (like the hastatii, triarri etc). The first line would shoot and then quickly retreat to the back. The second line would then fire and also retraet to the back etc. Eventually the originally first line would then be first again and the sequence would continue. With this requence you get a continues firing line as the muskettiers who had just fired would be quickly replaced with troops with a loaded weapon. The other troops could reload safely behind their own lines.<br>
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Maurice used the changing Roman lines as an example for this. <p>Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam!</p><i></i>
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Maurice used the changing Roman lines as an example for this. <p>Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam!</p><i></i>
gr,
Jeroen Pelgrom
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