08-14-2011, 08:24 PM
The Fort cannot be held. You simply do not have enough manpower to defend it, even if that is what you wanted to do.
Best bet is to quickly look for key terrain where you can defend from and quickly regain the offense.
If possible, take the artillery with you and fight a delaying action using your auxiliary and legionary forces. Time may not allow for that, so best to torch the Fort. Litter the ground with caltrops to make it a bit miserable for the Britons on foot and for their cavalry.
While there is high ground to the East and a open field to the North, best bet is to evacuate the Fort and race to the Bridge and hold the Bridge. The terrain forces the Britons to bunch up and lose advantage of their numerical superiority with a broader front.
If their is no time to evacuate, their is plenty of open space to fight half+ centuria, the walls and gates will serve to channel the Britons where perhaps you can even the odds a bit as they enter, restrict their maneuver, where you can then close, engage and destroy. The artillery can be used to soften them up and then cut the ropes rendering them "spiked".
A subset to that is do as Caesar, and make a new gate/knock down a section of wall, come out from the side and execute a flanking movement. Speed and violence of action being very key.
While holding the Bridge, send for reinforcements to the next garrison.
Worse thing you can really do though is to make no decision.
Best bet is to quickly look for key terrain where you can defend from and quickly regain the offense.
If possible, take the artillery with you and fight a delaying action using your auxiliary and legionary forces. Time may not allow for that, so best to torch the Fort. Litter the ground with caltrops to make it a bit miserable for the Britons on foot and for their cavalry.
While there is high ground to the East and a open field to the North, best bet is to evacuate the Fort and race to the Bridge and hold the Bridge. The terrain forces the Britons to bunch up and lose advantage of their numerical superiority with a broader front.
If their is no time to evacuate, their is plenty of open space to fight half+ centuria, the walls and gates will serve to channel the Britons where perhaps you can even the odds a bit as they enter, restrict their maneuver, where you can then close, engage and destroy. The artillery can be used to soften them up and then cut the ropes rendering them "spiked".
A subset to that is do as Caesar, and make a new gate/knock down a section of wall, come out from the side and execute a flanking movement. Speed and violence of action being very key.
While holding the Bridge, send for reinforcements to the next garrison.
Worse thing you can really do though is to make no decision.
Mike Daniels
a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
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a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
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