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Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.
Michael the resume of events was brilliant and my main criticism would only be that the reinforcements does not mean that Rome was not stretched at the time as an extra 7,000 men to mop up was obviously needed.

Nathan, The new configuration for Dunstable is much better but I would be interested in the number of men and the breakdown of the Roman Army. My only other remarks concern the sheer volume that the Brythons would occupy (perhaps 50,000 for the baggage train and 180,000 for the warriors or are you going with different figures?)

Obviously if the slopes were wooded (as you mention and as the position behind SP was wooded) the cavalry would not be able to operate and would not be on the hills but in the valley.

John the changes to the CS battle plan and placements seems to work. You mention that the distance from the borders of the Iceni homeland is only 40 miles but from Thetford more like 75 miles and from Colchester more like 90 miles. Do the woods not also inhibit the encircling movements of your cavalry?

(I will obviously stick to my own favourite but that is not here for discussion).

Regarding Mike Bishop's teaser about the Dorking Gap - marvellous site just south of West Humble fits all the criteria (including a real rampart on the Eastern edge of the Battle Site and a narrowing valley and a place for the Roman Army to fit in. Twenty miles away from London on the road to Chichester (Stane Street) and perhaps to the fleet - or across to Lake Farm near Poole.

Only problem is that it has a river in it I am afraid and therefore couldn't possibly work I am reliably led to beleive. :oops:

Other than that as a battle site it is superb and there might have been auxilliaries in the forts near Leith Hill which SP could have called on.

This would of course mean that either the Twentieth joined SP in London or that they came down Watling Street from Wales with him! (although I would suggest the former of course)

So now we have a few to look at and disprove.....

Kind Regards - Deryk
Deryk
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Re: Calling all armchair generals! - by Ensifer - 03-11-2010, 03:13 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-18-2012, 06:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 12:02 AM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 02:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 05:40 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 11:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 05:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 09:42 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 10:10 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:25 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 08:36 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-26-2012, 02:57 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-27-2012, 01:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 08-05-2012, 02:24 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-07-2014, 02:18 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-08-2014, 01:50 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-11-2014, 02:03 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-18-2014, 07:54 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-20-2014, 02:37 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-25-2014, 08:29 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Deryk - 11-10-2012, 01:32 AM

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