01-28-2014, 03:55 PM
Quote:...............Anyway, food for thought.
Good post....
Which is why I seriously want to re-ask (as it got lost in the other post) - would the 'close-order quincunx' formation I proposed in Fig1 of my attachment in the older thread meet your requirements? Where the guys in the front of the staggered ranks have the space you need, but support is close-by and the 'shield wall' can be formed with a single pace from the 'posterior' elements if it was necessary.
I'm not asking you to agree that the formation is likely, or possible, or actually happened - but would it meet the essential criteria?
Like I've always said - I remain skeptical, mainly because of the way I see it operating and that Greeks and backwards and Saxons/Danes forward from Rome all used variations of shield-walls to fight from; but if the situation allows, then why not indeed!
