tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post938798845134665028..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: A Few More Thoughts on the Terrors of Pre-Modern BattleT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-49922934729053001632017-04-27T14:51:54.854-07:002017-04-27T14:51:54.854-07:00I've read an account of an action in Korea whi...I've read an account of an action in Korea which bears on this. During a trench raid, a man with a sharpened entrenching tool -- essentially a short heavy ax -- rolled into a Chinese trench while the rest of his squad made a demonstration a short distance away.<br /><br />He went down the trench and killed between 15 and 20 men in only a few minutes -- essentially, killing a man every secondS.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-65933675395764724302015-10-28T09:47:27.659-07:002015-10-28T09:47:27.659-07:00Hastings is an example of a shield wall that holds...Hastings is an example of a shield wall that holds. If you have two forces that use the shield wall as their method of attack, than the battle could be very drawn out. If there was some sort of obstacle, or one side decided to be particularly stubborn the battle could also go on for some time.<br /><br />You do have some fairly good examples of pikes in action. They date from the 15th-16th russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.com