David Fontaine wrote:
> 
> Francois Labreque wrote:
> >
> > characters!).  You also need a flag-bearer.
> 
> What did you have in mind?  I'm no phalanx expert, so... you mean like a
> guy on a horse in front of the phalanx holding a flag?  But I haven't
> modelled a horse, so...

Not necessarily.  On most battlefields - until the WW's.  Now they
probably use GPS-brain implants - armies had a guy walking or riding a
horse with the troups holding up a flag (or standard) so the soldiers
knew where to go.

For an equestrian example, check:
http://www.q-net.net.au/~knowsol/WHFB_Images/cw_std2.jpg

For a "pedestrian" version, check:
http://www.davidsangster.ndirect.co.uk/As/asa14.html

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