DBA Armies

IV/40 SIAMESE 1234 AD - 1518 AD

This list covers the Siamese (or Thai) armies (“Thailand” has no real meaning before the 20th century); firstly of their initial city states and then the kingdoms of Sukhothai (1238-1438), Lan Na (1292-1558), Ayutthaya (1350-1767) and Lan Xang (1353- 1779). It ends with the first employment of Portuguese advisers. Elephants carried a warrior astride the neck using pole- arms, an assistant in a chair high on its back handing him weapons and acting as a signaler, and the driver sitting on the rump and controlling it with a long goad. Each leg was often protected by foot guardsmen “against cowardly and dishonest enemy”. Elephants usually deployed on the flanks of the infantry, accompanied by archers and hand-gunners. Khmer reliefs depict Siamese foot with long skirts, bolo jackets, elaborate helmets, long shields and short thrusting spears. References: Slingshot 229, The Armies of Angkor M.] Hergoualc’h.

IV/40 — Siamese Army 1234 AD - 1518 AD

List: 1 x General (El), 1 x elephants (El), 1 x noble cavalry (Cv) or retinue (3Bd), 6 x warriors (3Wb) or levies (3Ax) or soldiers (3Bd), 2 x archers (3Bw or Ps), 1 x archers or handgunners (Ps)
Terrain: Tropical
Aggression: 1
Enemies:
Allies: III/9b or IV/37a or III/23a