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Qui n’a jamais rêvé de vivre dans les plaines de l’Ouest, un Stetson vissé sur la tête et des santiags aux pieds ? Colombe. À vrai dire, Colombe n’a jamais rêvé de rien. Sa mère dit d’elle qu’elle est née aigrie, et la jeune femme n’a jamais cherché à lui donner tort. Pourtant, lorsqu’elle se retrouve sans emploi et qu’une voix, à la radio, annonce un concours pour gagner un job au Far West, Colombe se découvre des rêves qu’elle ne pensait pas avoir. Si seulement elle avait lu l’annonce... elle aurait peut-être compris qu’elle allait rencontrer le plus sexy des cowboys... bretons. Bienvenue au bout du monde, dans le Finistère. Welcome to the Phare Ouest !
As an outline of the tactical maneuver that will be tested in the wargame - simulated battle - of chapter 3, we present the model of the Sicilian Opening, where we will consider a hypothesis (compared to chess) in which Azincourt was a great French attack of opportunity that shocked head-on against a solid - ground and weapons support - English defensive position. It could have been different if Constable Albret and Marshal Boucicault had been heard, and after updating the battle plan - by the terrain and the enemy situation - had taken a more appropriate offensive device. When an Arab or Double Perpendicular battle order would then be employed, that is, simultaneous pressure on two flanks - in this simulation at the northern and southern entrances of the Tramecourt-Azincourt clearing - which would require numerical, geographical, and moral superiority.
In the simulation of the battle of Nájera the center of gravity of both maneuvers (defensive and offensive) will be the Nájera Bridge over the Najerilla River. The French and Castilians will have the opportunity to force the English into a disadvantageous attack, as the Scots succeeded and won at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. French and Castilian employment will be tested for a Concave or Italian Defense battle order, which has its best job in the situation where a defense initially gives up, with or without intention, its center. Comparable to an Italian Opening in Chess.
Although the information of the prior recognition of the English strong position had not altered the count of Alençon s willingness to attack, King Philip in verifying his blatant failure could have halted this, let s call it, forceful recognition, and taken an offensive device for the attacks in the early hours of the next day. When a typical Byzantine (or Double Perpendicular with forward pressure combined with flank attacks) would then be employed, that is, a force frontally threatened the enemy formation by fixing it, especially if it were a solid infantry block, but without engaging decisively; then other forces sought to flank and / or engage the enemy device.
In the simulation of the battle of Poitiers we will take into account that the center of gravity of both maneuvers (defensive and offensive) was the support on obstacles - natural and / or artificial -, which in the case of the English compensated their numerical inferiority; and the possibility of maneuvers looking for gaps in the defensive device should the French remain on horseback. As for the French infantry, we will understand that this force led by the constable Brienne, before the king, compensated for the smaller quantity (3 of the 15-20 thousand men) with a better quality. Considering the English historical device maintained, a Cuneus battle order will be employed by the French, combining the clash of an infantry over the center with subsequent flanking and encirclement by the cavalry.