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4 unusual facts about Charles Oman


Battle of Adrianople

Charles Oman, believing that the cavalry were the majority of the Gothic force, interpreted the Battle of Adrianople as the beginning of the dominance of cavalry over infantry for the next thousand years.

Battle of Dupplin Moor

In his classic study, A History of War in the Middle Ages, Sir Charles Oman says of Dupplin: "The Battle of Dupplin forms a turning point in the history of Scottish wars. For the future the English always adopted the order of battle which Balliol and Beaumont had discovered. It was the first in a long series of battles won by a combination of archers and dismounted men-at-arms."

Caracole

The caracole was a tactic very much criticized by military historians who didn't fully understand its use, especially Charles Oman.

Sobral de Monte Agraço Municipality

Charles Oman writes "On that misty October 14th morning, at Sobral, the Napoleonic tide attained its highest watermark."


Jean-Marie Dorsenne

Paul Thiébault later wrote that Dorsenne was a "conceited imbecile", but in the opinion of Charles Oman his record does not match with the accusations of his jealous subordinate.


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