DBA Armies

III/19 WELSH 580 AD - 1420 AD

This list covers the armies of Welsh princes after the fall of the lowland Sub-Roman states of Britannia. The Welsh were a cultural and language group rather than a state. Giraldus Cambrensis says that success in war was measured solely in loot “it is their habit to steal anything they could lay their hands on and to live on plunder, theft and booty”. They preferred to fight in rough or marshy terrain and were very fierce in their initial attack, so battles “were almost always won or lost at the first encounter” and “From their first fierce attack and showers of javelins they seem most formidable opponents” but “if the enemy resist manfully they are thrown into confusion. If there is further resistance, they turn their backs without making any attempt at counter-attack and seek refuge in flight”. When they encountered Norman knights, these initially terrified them and forced them to change their javelins, swords and bucklers, for long spears if North Welsh and powerful bows if South Welsh. Uchelwyr were mailed gentry on horseback. References: Armies of Feudal Europe & Annies of the Middle Ages Vol.1 1. Heath, The Taming of the Dragon WB. Bartlett. The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr R.R. Davies.

III/19a — Welsh Army 580 AD - 1149 AD

List: 1 x General as uchelwyr (Cv) or on foot (3Bd or 3Wb), 9 x warriors (3Wb), 2 x skirmishing javelinmen (Ps)
Terrain: Hilly
Aggression: 3
Enemies:
Allies: III/24a or III/40b

III/19b — South Welsh Army 1100 AD - 1197 AD

List: 1 x General as uchelwyr (Cv), 9 x archers (3Lb), 2 x javelinmen (3Ax or Ps)
Terrain: Hilly
Aggression: 1
Enemies:
Allies: IV/23

III/19c — North Welsh Army 1150 AD - 1420 AD

List: 1 x General as uchelwyr (Cv or 3Kn), 10 x spearmen (3Pk), 1 x archers (Ps)
Terrain: Hilly
Aggression: 2
Enemies:
Allies: III/19b (even after 1197) or IV/23 or IV/64b