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What where William's tactics?
William the Conqueror used cavalry and archers, which his opponent Harold did not have. William would feign retreating, only to draw Harold's foot soldiers in, to be promptly overrun by cavalry.
What tactics were commonly employed during a medieval cavalry charge?
During a medieval cavalry charge, tactics commonly employed included using lances to break enemy lines, maintaining formation to maximize impact, and coordinating with infantry and archers for support. Riders would also aim to strike at vulnerable points in the enemy formation and exploit any gaps in their defenses.
What are some types of Roman warriors?
The Roman army consisted basically of infantry and cavalry. They employed slingers and bowmen as needed and these were usually auxiliaries. Some soldiers were trained to use the artillery, such as the catapults and the scorpions, but if there were no siege in a battle, they would also be infantry.
How did the Athenians and the Persians compromise in the battle of Marathon?
Both had plans - The Athenians to wait for reinforcements from Sparta, lurking in the hills around the Plain of Marathon where the Persian cavalry could not get at them. The Persians kept the Athenians interested, while they prepared to ship their cavalry around to Athens and, in the absence of the Athenian army, the cavalry would gallop up to the city, where traitors would open the gates and they would capture it. The Athenian army would then be stuck and have to come to terms with the Persians who had brought along the ex-tyrant of Athens Hippias, who would be put in control. The Persian plan went astray when they loaded the cavalry on the ships to head for Athens. The Athenians, seeing them leaving, ran down and defeated the inferior Persian infantry, left without its protective cavalry. Then, realising where the Persian cavalry was headed for, the Athenian infantry ran back over the hills the 26 miles to Athens and formed up in front of the city just as the Persian cavalry was disembarking. The Persian cavalry, frustrated, went home. This run by the 18,000 Athenian soldiers was the origin of today's marathon runs.
In the Battle of Hastings what are the cavalry?
The cavalry were soldiers on horse back. I would like to improve the answer of the former contributor as follows: Only the Saxons had mounted infantry ("soldiers on horseback") because they used horses for long ranges troops displacements, as they did concentrating their forces from York to London after the battle of Stamford Bridge, in order to reach in time the zone of Hastings before the Norman's Army could effectively land and consolidate itself. Indeed we should say it was heavy infantry. On the Normans side there was about one quarter of the army consisting of an elite, well armed and protected cavalry corp that unlike the Saxons who fought exclusively on foot, was an integral part of Norman (and generally said of French) way of fighting at that time.
What where William's tactics?
William the Conqueror used cavalry and archers, which his opponent Harold did not have. William would feign retreating, only to draw Harold's foot soldiers in, to be promptly overrun by cavalry.
What does Captain of Foot mean?
Older British origin military term. The word Foot meant an Infantry unit (foot soldiers). A Captain of Foot would have been an Infantry Company Commander. In a like manner, Horse meant Cavalry (soldiers that fought while on horseback) A Captain of Horse would have been a Cavalry Troop Commander.
What were soldiers on horseback called during the US Civil War?
Is the word you're looking for "cavalry"? This is the general term for mounted troops. (In modern armies, it sometimes refers to mechanized divisions... i.e. tanks... rather than soldiers on actual horses.)
What tactics did the ancient Persians use against heavy infantry?
They used missiles, tried to hold with their own lightly-armed infantry, while their cavaly tried to attack the armoured infantry from the flanks and rear. The armoured infantry would try to fight on broken ground to counter these cavalry attacks.
What tactics were commonly employed during a medieval cavalry charge?
During a medieval cavalry charge, tactics commonly employed included using lances to break enemy lines, maintaining formation to maximize impact, and coordinating with infantry and archers for support. Riders would also aim to strike at vulnerable points in the enemy formation and exploit any gaps in their defenses.
How many state troopers?
A troop was a unit of cavalry about equivalent to a infantry platoon. Numbers would be about 20 to 50.
What are some types of Roman warriors?
The Roman army consisted basically of infantry and cavalry. They employed slingers and bowmen as needed and these were usually auxiliaries. Some soldiers were trained to use the artillery, such as the catapults and the scorpions, but if there were no siege in a battle, they would also be infantry.
What were the basic battlefield tactics during the US Civil War?
During the US Civil War, battle tactics on both sides of the conflict varied based on any number of factors. With that said, and all elements being equal, a typical style of tactics would be the following:* Each side would be positioned in opposing lines of battle;* Soldiers would be massed shoulder to shoulder in each regiments in the battle;* For soldiers armed with single shot rifle muskets this was the best way to concentrate infantry firepower;* Once within the rifle range of the enemy, infantry on both sides would begin firing;* The attacking soldiers firing and loading as they advanced across open ground; and* The attackers' pace of advancement slowed by the need to prime, load, ram, and fire the muzzle loaded rifle musket.As previously mentioned this was not the tactics always used, however, it was used often enough to make note of it.
Who would use a spear?
It's a good weapon to use against mounted cavalry that aren't protected by infantry, rendering them kind of useless.
How did the Athenians and the Persians compromise in the battle of Marathon?
Both had plans - The Athenians to wait for reinforcements from Sparta, lurking in the hills around the Plain of Marathon where the Persian cavalry could not get at them. The Persians kept the Athenians interested, while they prepared to ship their cavalry around to Athens and, in the absence of the Athenian army, the cavalry would gallop up to the city, where traitors would open the gates and they would capture it. The Athenian army would then be stuck and have to come to terms with the Persians who had brought along the ex-tyrant of Athens Hippias, who would be put in control. The Persian plan went astray when they loaded the cavalry on the ships to head for Athens. The Athenians, seeing them leaving, ran down and defeated the inferior Persian infantry, left without its protective cavalry. Then, realising where the Persian cavalry was headed for, the Athenian infantry ran back over the hills the 26 miles to Athens and formed up in front of the city just as the Persian cavalry was disembarking. The Persian cavalry, frustrated, went home. This run by the 18,000 Athenian soldiers was the origin of today's marathon runs.
Which MOS in the Marines will most likely see combat?
Traditionally that would be infantry, but in recent years soldiers in EOD and transportation/supply could make a legitimate claim to it as well. All soldiers in the US Army after are ultimately infantry.
What big mistake did the Persians make at the battle of Marathon?
They split their force. Their plan was to pin down at Marathon the Athenian infantry with their more numerical infantry, while their cavalry was shipped around to capture Athens in the absence of its army. The Athenian army would then be trapped in the open between the captured city walls and the infantry at Marathon.Their error was in imagining their infantry without its cavalry support could stand up to the Athenian infantry. The Athenian armoured infantry, when they realised their opportunity, rand down from the hills around Marathon and over-ran the weaker Persian infantry. The Persians aid the price for this mistake.The Athenian infantry then realised that the Persian cavalry was being shipped down the coast to Athens, so they ran the 26 miles over the hills back to Athens and arrived just in time to turn back the Persian cavalry when it was being disembarked. The Persians gave up and went home.
