Patterns of Conflict
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| Works of John Boyd |
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Now we look at the famous battle of Cannae. [unintelligible] Okay, the Romans outnumbered the Carthaginians and what they did, what Hannibal did, is he put his weakest troops forward here, and the Romans pushed them back. He had his stronger troops in between the wings, heavy cavalry on the left and light cavalry on the right, and as they walked into the sack, the wings closed in.
In the meantime, the Roman cavalry, excuse me, the Carthaginian cavalry had driven the Roman cavalry off the field, they came back, and of course then they fought a battle of encirclement and annihilation.