by Paddy Griffith
Against SMALL Forts: 2 were stormed:
Against BIG Forts:
2 attacked in 3 columns (40%) 1 attacked in 1 column (20%) A total of 4 of these forts were captured (80%) With a SMALL army: 9 cases:
3 attacked in 2 columns (33%) 5 attacked in 1 column (56%) A total of 2 of thse forts were captured (22%) Storming Through the Peninsula
Table 1: Small Forts are Easy Prey and Big Forts Can Be Taken Table 2: Number of Columns in Each Attack Table 3: Success of Each Column Against a Big Fort Peninsula Storming The Game Back to Napoleonic Notes and Queries # 14 Table of Contents Back to Age of Napoleon List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1994 by Partizan Press. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com |