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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 4826815" data-attributes="member: 77019"><p>Indeed. It's interesting, the more I read about European military history, the more I find out how much was pioneered in areas like this. The Old Swiss Confederacy for example invented the Halberd and later the pike, and all the sophisticated tactics which went with them, as a result of the attempted invasions by the Hapsburgs who were trying to conquer their land basically the same way as with the Crusaders in Bohemia. Similar with the Flemish Godendag at Golden Spurs as well. In all three zones they also made leaps and bounds in the development of firearms and cannon, and siege warfare technology. </p><p></p><p>I remember reading about a ship -mine used by the (Flemish) United Provinces to break a Spanish seige I think in the 16th Century. It was essentially a shaped charge, an Italian engineer helped them put it toether, they put heavy gravestones on the deck and in the bilges so the blast (and rubble they had put in for shrapnel) would be concentrated horizontally, it was astoundingly effective. They killed several hundred Spanish troops who were blocking the river in one fell swoop.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I found a link to this story, it was a seige of Antwerp:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=orkIgRGAx98C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=holland+siege+ship+mine+spanish&source=bl&ots=WEbols4dGX&sig=OFJ7cPWBfkmVCOMk-M4Q18PC4Zk&hl=en&ei=sZg1StyYBqTcMNzr8ZwK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1" target="_blank">The development of mine warfare: a ... - Google Books</a></p><p></p><p>The Venetian Republic ruled the Med largely from the simple innovation of using paid crews instead of chained up slaves on their war galleys. </p><p></p><p></p><p>G.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 4826815, member: 77019"] Indeed. It's interesting, the more I read about European military history, the more I find out how much was pioneered in areas like this. The Old Swiss Confederacy for example invented the Halberd and later the pike, and all the sophisticated tactics which went with them, as a result of the attempted invasions by the Hapsburgs who were trying to conquer their land basically the same way as with the Crusaders in Bohemia. Similar with the Flemish Godendag at Golden Spurs as well. In all three zones they also made leaps and bounds in the development of firearms and cannon, and siege warfare technology. I remember reading about a ship -mine used by the (Flemish) United Provinces to break a Spanish seige I think in the 16th Century. It was essentially a shaped charge, an Italian engineer helped them put it toether, they put heavy gravestones on the deck and in the bilges so the blast (and rubble they had put in for shrapnel) would be concentrated horizontally, it was astoundingly effective. They killed several hundred Spanish troops who were blocking the river in one fell swoop. EDIT: I found a link to this story, it was a seige of Antwerp: [url=http://books.google.com/books?id=orkIgRGAx98C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=holland+siege+ship+mine+spanish&source=bl&ots=WEbols4dGX&sig=OFJ7cPWBfkmVCOMk-M4Q18PC4Zk&hl=en&ei=sZg1StyYBqTcMNzr8ZwK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1]The development of mine warfare: a ... - Google Books[/url] The Venetian Republic ruled the Med largely from the simple innovation of using paid crews instead of chained up slaves on their war galleys. G. [/QUOTE]
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