In a line engagement, you don't have the sort of depth of formation to do what you're talking about. 1) Charging a committed unit of, say, infantry, often means that the target unit is densely packed, which I thought minimized the effect of cavalry charges.Ģ) Even if charged, what prevented the charged infantry unit from simply turning around and hacking the cavalry into pieces (assuming that the infantry unit was capable of doing such a thing under normal conditions)? Are the infantrymen's attention too focused on the fighting in front of them that they completely miss what's going on behind them?ģ) I understand why crossfire would be devastating to a group of people being attacked by firearms, but why is that such an advantage in melee combat? If the surrounded infantry simply all face outwards, then isn't just a melee grindfest?Depends upon the infantry formation.
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