: Their tactics need not be based directly on modern warfare techniques, however. Classical (and perhaps medieval) writers record ambushes very similar to that set up by Faramir. I know that Roman cohorts were wiped out by the Celts of Britain in this way on more than one occasion.

>> I seem to remember Germanic tribes employing something similar- I think it was at a place called Teutoburger Wald, ever heard of that?
(tongue in cheek, I wrote my BA thesis on that battle and ensuing campaign).
;-) palle