18:0518:05, 3 September 2022diffhist+292 m
De re militari
Altering a mis-reading of the text re height. While the original line is correct regarding ideal height, the author of this article has missed two important caveats by Vegetius specifically saying WHY soldiers could easily be accepted despite the height regulation.
15:5815:58, 2 October 2021diffhist−189 m
Steve Murdoch
Tightening up the references to reflect the departure from the University of St Andrews (and thus also removing all the dead links associated with that).
10:3610:36, 27 June 2021diffhist−18 m
Battle of Vlotho
→The battle: Altering error of fact. If King had left (no information was given as to when!), how could he be blamed for the loss of the battle,Have amended until clarity can be gleaned from Swedish and German sources.
10:5210:52, 17 September 2020diffhist0 m
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
I have altered the sentence "the best of the Scottish Generals" with reference to David Leslie to "one of the best. He did not have the competence of Alexander Leslie Earl of Leven (his superior), nor was he better than the likes of Alexander Hamilton or the Earl of Callander. Proof of his failings came with two catastrophic defeats (Dunbar and Worcester). He was better than Montrose for sure, but just because he beat him, does not mean we should inflate his abilities, but