Early Military Geology (Battles)

Battlefield tactics
1. Fundamentals
  1. Secure high ground
  2. Avoid mobility restricting terrain
  3. Maintain Comms.
  4. Control Space for operation
2. Topography & drainage controlled by underlying geology
3. Geological structure, bedrock & 'recent' deposits can play critical role
4. Medieval commanders used terrain to weigh outcome
Tough terrain analysis
1. Bedrock Lithology/structure that controls erosion patterns, drift deposits and substrate permeability
  1. Affects
    1. Geomorphology
    2. Drainage patterns
    3. natural obstacles (eg rivers)
2. Used to plan strats & tactics
battles
1. Bannockburn
  1. Mix of seds, intrusions and volcanics
  2. Stirling castle on glacially sculptured sill
    1. scots sieged, brits FF
  3. lots of raised beaches
  4. 20k english stopped by 7.5k scots
    1. scots protected by pits, woods& raised beach
    2. scots sat on a sill
    3. brits tried to flank, and lost
2. Towton
  1. Yorkists on high ground (Mg limestone)
    1. Faults provided cover for advancing Yorkists
      1. Lancastrians advances
        Yorks hidden approach drives them back
        Lancastrians stuck with back to river
        majority slaughtered in river and bloody meadow
3. Flodden
  1. Border war
    1. king james, france occupied volcanic ridge
      1. Faulted Valley separated scots and english
  2. English small guns effective
    1. scots advanced into valley
      1. bogged down
        bog caused by natural spring
  3. english made hidden approach and slaughtered scots
4. Lansdown
  1. Oolitic limestone hills and softer limestone erosion, forming steep valleys
    1. Narrow hilltop stopped parlimentarian reinforcements
5. Naseby
  1. Jurassic sandstone outcrops in softer lias sediments
    1. parl. had high ground, cavalry charged downhill & won
6. Dunbar
  1. Scots 20k troops on conglomerate hills, blocking english
    1. Stupidly abandoned position, to steep bank
      1. Slaughtered by English cavalry

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