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Monmouth rebellion
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:09 pm
by marshalney2000
Should the irregular foot with HW be warriors rather than just medium foot?
John
Re: Monmouth rebellion
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:51 pm
by nikgaukroger
marshalney2000 wrote:Should the irregular foot with HW be warriors rather than just medium foot?
John
Sounds a good idea to me

Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:53 pm
by nikgaukroger
Richard asked about the Trained Foot:
There probably ought to be a Poor option, don’t you think? If only for those with different views on the quality of the force.
Not sure - the rebels actually put up a pretty good fight which is what, I assume, led John to rate them as Average. Is the alternative really tenable these days?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:21 am
by marshalney2000
There seems to have been a pronounced difference between the trained units who were well armed with pike and shot in the manner of the day and those who were not and supported the others rather than being front line troops. Monmouth's captains who he brought with him seem to have concentrated on training the well armed regiments and as Nik says they seemed to put up an exemplary fight only giving way when assailed by cavalry on the flanks.
The cavalry were different in that the command structure was poor after the removal of their original commander.
Hope this helps.
John
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:26 pm
by marshalney2000
Just checking the near final version of this list. There was some debate re making the less well trained guys warriors rather than medium foot has this been discounted?
John
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:36 pm
by nikgaukroger
marshalney2000 wrote:Just checking the near final version of this list. There was some debate re making the less well trained guys warriors rather than medium foot has this been discounted?
John
No, just not made the change - have now
