Hanny wrote:
Actually it is.
There are 7 principle* recent Uk works on the subject only one has the whole Army with P go to London, S Kaye, everyone else has him go to recon with a small mounted element.
Barry Horne
Grahame Appleby
John Pegg
Sullivan & Kinsella Clifton
John Waite
Graham Webster
Gutted.....obviously I am unprincipled
We have a direct comparison about a leader marching to confront an attacking army, Harold Godwinson marching the 198 miles from London to York in 4 days and then fighting a battle. We also know that Caesar could march 50 miles a day. So in theory rather than the 14 / 15 days we normally attach to the march from Anglesey to London via Wroxeter and St Albans, it could have taken 2 days to Wroxeter, 4 to St Albans and 1 to London picking up supplies Wroxeter, St Albans and London.
Also interesting that Harold had to let a lot of his army go before the battle at Hastings to go and plant their crops in October.
Actually it is.
There are 7 principle* recent Uk works on the subject only one has the whole Army with P go to London, S Kaye, everyone else has him go to recon with a small mounted element.
Barry Horne
Grahame Appleby
John Pegg
Sullivan & Kinsella Clifton
John Waite
Graham Webster
Gutted.....obviously I am unprincipled
We have a direct comparison about a leader marching to confront an attacking army, Harold Godwinson marching the 198 miles from London to York in 4 days and then fighting a battle. We also know that Caesar could march 50 miles a day. So in theory rather than the 14 / 15 days we normally attach to the march from Anglesey to London via Wroxeter and St Albans, it could have taken 2 days to Wroxeter, 4 to St Albans and 1 to London picking up supplies Wroxeter, St Albans and London.
Also interesting that Harold had to let a lot of his army go before the battle at Hastings to go and plant their crops in October.
Deryk
