What oftne happened with charges was a unit arrived slightly before, or slightly after the optimum time so wasn't as effective when they got there as they either didn't have the momentum, or were starting to lose it. In the same way 'guess range' is rubbish as its not the general doing it, but the various war machine crews who when told to fire on a target got on with the job. Largely because it wasn't the army commander some distance away giving the order, but a local commander who, in general, more or less knew what they were doing It happened, however most stuff, cavalry especially, generally had a pretty good idea of at what point to break into the full pelt to be at full speed at the time they needed to be.

You then also have the 'Agincourt' type situation where one side was trying to make contact but was exhausted by the time they did If you think of a 'failed charge' as didn't make contact quick enough for the otherside not to make contact you have that Well there have been plenty of battles throughout the ages where one side timed a charge right and caught the other unawareĪ fair few where the victims got ready in timeĪnd a few where the victims buggered off in time

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