Talk:Chevauchée

message: Sherman's march through Georgia seems like another, more modern example? Jackrepenning 16:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is an example of the general practice of destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area. That practice is commonly referred to as "scorched earth tactics", and the article on that subject includes a reference to Sherman's March to the Sea among its many examples from throughout history. The present article deals with the particular, medieval tactic called "chevauchée" and should not be cluttered with examples of similar tactics from other ages. The "See also" section now contains a link to the scorched earth article to provide historical perspective. --Bwiki 00:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Historian Mark Grimsley has interpreted Sherman's scorched-earth tactics as a revival of the chevauchée. His argument can be found in Grimsely's influential study The Hard Hand of War. — ℜob C. alias ALAROB 23:54, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Examples of simlilar tactics belong in "scorched earth" article

message: 75.36.74.73 wrote: This is one type of terrorism adopted later by the new world to over take their enemies "without them being the cause of the attack.". I can't figure out what it means. It sounds like perhaps a garbled translation from another language? As it stands it doesn't make sense so I will remove it unless an explanation is forthcoming. -- Securiger 12:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To the extent that it makes sense, it is editorializing, very biased and thus unencyclopedic. I removed it. --Bwiki 00:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Editorializing

message: Edward Balliol and Edward III may well of used such tactics in Scotland, but the sacking of the Northern counties of England following Bannockburn, by the Scots, predates that entirely, the Weardale campaign of Sir James Douglas and the Earl of Moray, or William Wallace's 1297 incursion into Cumbria being cases in point. Think a little less anglocentricism, and bit more balance needs to be introduced here. Brendandh (talk) 12:56, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the issue is really about the article subject.  The idea of making war by launching raids into an enemy's territory is a commonplace in medieval warfare.  The term chevauchee, however, seems to come from the the HYW.  A stronger section on origins, which would include the Scottish examples because they are instrumental in the development of this style of fighting by the English on the continent, would be a good move. Monstrelet (talk) 18:20, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  First used during the second war of Scottish Independence? 

message: The article claims the method dies out in the 14th Century. This does not seem accurate, as it was still in use in the 15th Century by English forces in France, and likely elsewhere. DaltonCastle (talk) 20:45, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it says it declined after the end of the 14th century but correctly identifies some continued use in the early 15th century.  This seems an accurate statement of affairs Monstrelet (talk) 22:31, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Use dying out by 14th century?