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administrator · Site Admin Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 314

Hi Guys

My apologies for having to re-introduce this thread, but the auto pruning for this forum was left on, which means it got deleted.

Anyway just thought I would tell you about a battle I had yesterday on RTW. I joined a 1v1 siege and I was the besieged in a fortified city. I placed all my troops in the platz including 4 Balisters and waited for the attack. 4 catapults hurling rocks breached my wall and I watched as the enemy entered the city. He was a cautious player and an MTW vet I think, because he knew how to move well.

I decided on a plan to draw him up a narrow ally to the platz where I could block him with infantry and set my balisters and archers to work from behind the urban cohorts.

I sent 4 cohorts towards his cautious troops to draw them down the ally and he took the bait. Just to slow him up a little, so I could get things ready, I unleashed some dogs on his infantry. He sent one cohort at first and then sent them all to attack my line. That was it perfect I opened fire with my archers and balisters into his tight packed infantry.

He moved his cav round the rear and attacked my general, who had three cohorts in support, who made short work of the assassin attempt. The enemy infantry gradually wore down and were sent running back towards the breach in the wall.

I remember whatching a film once about the 300 Greek spartans that held off thousands of attacking troops by blocking a narrow pasage. If only those spartans were backed up with archers behind them, maybe they would have won that day.

Yours SW

[HWK]axlethehawk · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject:

Great m8.............plenty of blood and carnage.............for the enemy aggressors!! Cool

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Guest · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:16 pm Post subject:

if im right and i think i am the spartans hate archers they seen them as women and called them something to do with womens work or an object to do with womens work not sure which ask rehctaw maybe he will now. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH

Sharpe · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject:

spartans woulda had an easier time if they just called archers pussies Smile

although i think the english longbowmen would disagree with that spartan assesment!
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Guest · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:20 am Post subject:

well u get trained by a spartan and say that but hey your of irish bloody they would of thrown YOU off da cliff at birth. duke of marlborough

administrator · Site Admin Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 314

Hi Guys

I found an account of the battle of Thermopylae

The Battle of Thermopylae took place during the Greece-Persia war in roughly the 5th century BC. Some 30 city-states of central and southern Greece met in Corinth to devise a common defense (others, including the oracle at Delphi, sided with the Persians). They agreed on a combined army and navy under Spartan command, with the Athenian leader Themistokles providing the strategy. The Spartan king Leonidas led the army to the pass at Thermopylae, near present-day Lamia, the main passage from northern into central Greece.

One of the best points at which to hold off an invader was at Thermopylae, a narrow valley adjacent to the sea. The attacker could not pass to the seaward side, and to go inland would mean a significant detour. Other armies could risk this, but Xerxes could not.

On the other hand, a defender could take a stand with comparatively few men. A wall had once been built here, and a small fort. The Greeks rebuilt the wall and waited.

The Greek strategy was to delay the land force and to defeat the Persians at sea, then starve the Persian army. It should have worked, but from the beginning everything seemed to go wrong.

To begin with, the Greek army was surprised to see the Persians arrive so soon. They had hoped to get more reinforcements. On the other side, Xerxes had excellent information and knew that the Greeks were waiting for him. He set up camp on the plain below the pass. He was confident, but the army was so large that it could not afford to wait in any one place for very long.

He sent scouts up the valley to ascertain the nature of the opposition. The Spartans had duty on the outside wall, where they were waiting watchfully. The scouts were astounded to see the Spartans doing calisthenics and braiding their hair. Xerxes could not believe they intended to fight against hopeless odds. He announced his presence and waited four days for them to leave.

The Greeks did not leave. Exasperated, and aware of his supply situation, Xerxes ordered an attack on the fifth day. He sent the Medes against the Greeks, ordering Spartans be taken alive, so confident he was of easy victory.

The Spartans retreated, running away, even to the point of turning their backs on the enemy. The Medes, sure that they were winning the victory they had expected, broke ranks to pursue, whereupon the Spartans turned and fought savagely. After sharp fighting, the Medes were defeated.

Xerxes now sent in the Immortals, his best troops. The Spartans employed the same strategy, with the same results. Xerxes was furious. Another day's fighting yielded no better for the Persians.

The fighting was all the more remarkable in that the Greeks had failed utterly in the sea battle and the Persians had complete control of the sea. The sole purpose now for the battle was to delay the inevitable as long as possible.

At this point, treachery undid their heroic efforts.

Ephialtes, a man from Malis, went to King Xerxes and told him that he knew of a goat path that went around the Greek position and debouched behind their lines. After initial skepticism, Xerxes discovered the man was telling the truth. He made his preparations.

The Greeks knew of the path, of course. There were, in fact, more than one path, winding among the mountains. The men of Phocis were posted on the most likely path, but the Persians slipped past them by way of a different path under cover of night.

The Greeks learned of the treachery near morning. They would barely have time to escape from the trap. Leonidas told the other Greeks to return home, to fight another day, but the Spartans stayed. The Thespians and Thebans joined them. There were no more than a few thousand who stayed.

Greeks knew they were about to die and they fought all the more fiercely for it. The Spartans put up the stoutest resistance, taking their stand on a little hill and fighting in a circle facing outward with enemies all around.

When Leonidas was killed, he was some distance away. Some of the Spartans formed a tight group, fought their way to his body, picked it up, then fought their way back to the main group on the hill.

The Persians seemed utterly unable to annihilate the last 300 Spartans. They demanded the body of Leonidas in return for the Spartan's lives, but the men refused to abandon the body of their King, declaring: "A Spartan leaves the field with his shield or upon it"

At last, the Spartans were killed by a hail of spears and arrows, the Persians fearing to close with these fearsome warriors.

The Greeks lost the battle. They had come hoping for a victory and instead had been routed. But Thermopylae was always hailed as a triumph for Greek arms because the Persian army was crucially delayed.

Thermopylae allowed the Greeks time to organize. The Athenians continued to build their ships in order to take control of the seas again.

The Greeks were actually heartened by the example of Leonidas and the 300 Spartans plus allies who fought at Thermopylae. The battle served as an example to officers and soldiers alike of what courage and self-sacrifice could achieve. It is still remembered today as such an example.

Rehctaw · Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 30

Hey ..guys don’t forget to send me your hard fought battles and comments
So we can create a showcase of very good battles and tactics on our website… for the new players and fans Very Happy

regards
Rehctaw

[HWK] SittingBull · Guest

So this is the SB dreampost where I can get bigheaded huh?
just to bad that my last hard fought battle was against 2 real guys and turned out in draw because we were sperated, damn I really had one of em big time.

SB · Guest

oh damn, forgot to add my tactics for th last post. Both em were punch fighters so allow them to give you just 1 punch, pounce on them, throw em to the ground, put em in a lock or some improvised strangling method untill they beg for mercy or you taken apart by nosy teachers lol

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[HWK]Theosis · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:49 pm Post subject:

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{HWK}THEDARKLORD · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 2:30 am Post subject:

THATS MMMYYY BOY SB U TEACH EM SON
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administrator · Site Admin Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 314

Hi Drake

Nice battle yesterday at Germantown. I've been playing RTW solid for the last 4 weeks and it was a nice change to play FB. It's not an easy task winning as the militia, as they have very low moral.

Yours SW

[HWK]SittingBull

Yestareday night we had some nice battle at the server with Theo, daddio, greenwarrior and me.

And I m just saying it again but I am still undefeated this month, much to greenwarrior's dismay, he tried to be in 2vs2, but me and theo were such a good team against him and daddio at Blenheim and after a bloody battle which saw action only on the flanks in the villages we defeated them.

Lord greenwarrior could still not believe that we beat him, especially the fact that I was the one holding of his attack in the north so he wanted a 1vs1, so I gave him one. Theo said Plains of Abraham was abalanced battle so we played plains of abraham, green tactic was going down cliffs in the north and attempt to flank me and then run with the rest off his army, wait untill 30 min are over so that he gets his quite large reinforcements, which he eventually got, but the bull still managed to leave the field victorious with 1490 men left as red.

Greenwarrior could still not cope with his defeats and then got theo to help him defeat Daddio and me at Plains of Abraham again as blue. But after some great rollig up the south flank from Daddio we managed to win again.

I m sorry greeny lol I still love you very much and you re still my idol loool Wink

Lord Sitting Bull, THE YOUNG HAWKS RULE THE FIELD!
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Sharpe · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject:

very impressive SB Smile

i feel srry for greeny though, hes prolly not used to losing that many in a row lol Very Happy

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