One side in this conflict used a strategy by which its musketeers were trained to close to fifty paces, allow the rear ranks to fire, then charge rapidly to 20 meters for a musket volley followed closely by bayonet warfare.
One side in this conflict used a strategy by which its musketeers were trained to close to fifty paces, allow the rear ranks to fire, then charge rapidly to 20 meters for a musket volley followed closely by bayonet warfare. That strategy, known as "Ga-Pa Tactics," was used to defeat Jacob von Flemming's cavalry during this conflict at the Battle of Gadebusch. However, that army in this conflict was later decimated when it was forced to retreat through the Tydal mountains in an action called the Carolean Death March. The opposing side was victorious at the naval Battle of Gangut, after turning back a march led by general Adam Lewenhaupt in a clash at the village of Lesnaya. Much earlier, the Treaty of Altranstadt cemented the defeat of Augustus II, after the Battle of Narva. For 10 points, name this war ended by the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, in which Charles XII led a Swedish army against Russia.
One side in this conflict used a strategy by which its musketeers were trained to close to fifty paces, allow the rear ranks to fire, then charge rapidly to 20 meters for a musket volley followed closely by bayonet warfare.
Great Northern War