12-10-2009, 08:52 PM
I have a specific question concerning a cavalry vs infantry encounter for someone with experience with horses. Suppose I were to form a phalanx of men, then simply kill them all, there bodies falling in ranks. How fast could a horse physically move over the uneven terrain their massed bodies represent without breaking a leg? Conversely how dispersed would the corpses need to be to allow a horse to move rapidly through the area with limited danger?
There must be some anectdotes about the hazard of corpses on a battlefield.
There must be some anectdotes about the hazard of corpses on a battlefield.
Paul M. Bardunias
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