"Thirty Years War: deep/large cavalry formations?" Topic
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Prince Alberts Revenge | 03 Apr 2024 9:58 a.m. PST |
I've seen in various pike and shot rulesets that they address "large" cavalry formations. I remember reading of instances (perhaps earlier in the war) where a cavalry formation was deployed in larger formation than normal (I think normally mounted arqbusiers). Does anyone know of actual instances in battles where this phenomenon occurred? I plan on modelling some large bases of cavalry and curious which battles would make appropriate scenarios. Thank you for any information in advance. |
GildasFacit | 03 Apr 2024 11:22 a.m. PST |
To be able to answer that I'd need to ask – how large is 'large' ? 3-rank & 6 rank formations are both fairly common throughout the war but some reiters using caracole tactics early in the war were probably deeper. |
thestoats | 03 Apr 2024 9:27 p.m. PST |
TMP link Here's a link to a previous discussion about cavalry formation depths in the Thirty Years' War (thanks for the info Daniel S) TMP link Daniel S also contributes here too and this post provides more context as to what the "Dutch" formation was |
Prince Alberts Revenge | 04 Apr 2024 8:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks, I was searching for some information from Daniel S insights but my querying wasn't getting me what I was looking for. Those links are very helpful. Perhaps my recollection was from a writer just referencing an imperial harqbusier formation as being deployed in deep ranks and I interpreted that as a special occurrence for the particular battle/commander (not sure why I thought it was Pappenheim or Piccomolini) as opposed to being the norm for the doctrine of the belligerent. I will put together a few of the "large" base units of harqbusiers for Spanish/Imperial forces and just use them when I see appropriate. Huge blocks of cavalry are just too tempting not to deploy on the tabletop. |
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