THE BATTLE OF ABU KLEA

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This 1885 battle demonstrates the British Army's use of the SQUARE when the attacking force outnumbers the "defenders"ie the British Army


http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Battle_of_Abu_Klea

[jainso31]

This battle- I have used a model of how the British Army normally fought large numbers of native belligerants.At Maiwand in Afghanistan the GOC., Burrows abandoned the square; and fought in column abreast thus opening his flanks and a massaccre ensued:(.

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