The battle of Reval was an instrumental victory in Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod's northern campaigns against the Danish. Whilst the battle of Narva proved cavalry could win battles by themselves, the battle of Reval proved that horse-archers were needed to maintain battlefield superiority. In 1295 AD, Alexander Nevksy marched his army west, from Narva, and to the Danish stronghold of Reval. After the phyrric victory at Navra, he was joined by General Domazhir and his cavalry, to bolster his forces. Between them, they managed to raise an army of five hundred to march on Reval.
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| - The battle of Reval was an instrumental victory in Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod's northern campaigns against the Danish. Whilst the battle of Narva proved cavalry could win battles by themselves, the battle of Reval proved that horse-archers were needed to maintain battlefield superiority. In 1295 AD, Alexander Nevksy marched his army west, from Narva, and to the Danish stronghold of Reval. After the phyrric victory at Navra, he was joined by General Domazhir and his cavalry, to bolster his forces. Between them, they managed to raise an army of five hundred to march on Reval.
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*~300 captured
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| - The Battle of Reval by Aivazovsky, Oil on Canvas.
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| - *Captain Godafridâ€
*Captain Sigifridâ€
- *Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky
*General Domazhir
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- Russian victory
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| - Conquest's of Alexander Nevsky
- Battle of Reval
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| - The battle of Reval was an instrumental victory in Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod's northern campaigns against the Danish. Whilst the battle of Narva proved cavalry could win battles by themselves, the battle of Reval proved that horse-archers were needed to maintain battlefield superiority. In 1295 AD, Alexander Nevksy marched his army west, from Narva, and to the Danish stronghold of Reval. After the phyrric victory at Navra, he was joined by General Domazhir and his cavalry, to bolster his forces. Between them, they managed to raise an army of five hundred to march on Reval. After a lengthy march, Nevsky's army reached Reval. However, before they could lay siege to the city, captain Godafrid of Denmark moved his forces forward to engage the Russians outside of Reval. Whilst the two armies faced off, captain Sigifrid, commanding the garrison at Revel, sallied out to engage the Russians from the flank. Nevsky's army was predominately made up of cavalry archers, but still included a core of Boyars and militia left over from the siege of Narva. Nevsky deployed his army in three parts, with his melee cavalry in the centre, and his Kazak and Cuman horse archers on the flanks. Godafrid's army was primarily spearmen, making up half of his forces, which the rest was comprised of archers and a few cavalry elements. He deployed his spearmen in one line, his archers skirmished ahead and his cavalry behind. The Russians easily out-flanked the slower Danish troops and surrounded them. The melee elements of Nevsky's army were instrumental in luring away portions of the Danish army, where they could be destroyed piecemeal by the Kazak units. After destroying half the Danish force, in return for minimal casualties, the Boyar's charged and broke the remaining spearmen, routing the remnants of the Danish army, who fled back to Reval. The battle of Reval was a pivotal battle and helped the futher the tactics used pertaining cavalry and cavalry archers in eastern Europe. It showed how horse archers could be used in small numbers to decimate larger forces.
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