07-23-2015, 09:16 PM
Nathan Ross wrote:
There's also Steve Kaye's suggestion of the Dorking Gap, which depends on whether you consider the presence of a river to be a crucial problem or not.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the River Mole would have been a problem, it both crosses the site twice and runs through the middle of it as well.
Going South destroys the "cavalry dash" theory.
Going South towards Dorking or South East towards Canterbury would have isolated Seutonius and his small army from the rest of and the majority of the army in the West.
There's also Steve Kaye's suggestion of the Dorking Gap, which depends on whether you consider the presence of a river to be a crucial problem or not.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the River Mole would have been a problem, it both crosses the site twice and runs through the middle of it as well.
Going South destroys the "cavalry dash" theory.
Going South towards Dorking or South East towards Canterbury would have isolated Seutonius and his small army from the rest of and the majority of the army in the West.
Deryk
