Gareth Martin wrote
> I can't think of any ancient conflict
> that constitutes "guerrilla warfare", which is a 19th >century concept.
Many/all armies have employed >irregular units for irregular ops, but I
don't believe these >can be conflated with guerrilla warfare per se.
>
In Scotland the term for effective "guerrilla warfare" was known as taking
to the heather. This is where they would raid their opponents (in the case
of the 45 the protestant forces) to capture goods, assassinate and to
sabotage. Returning to the heather. For this purpose since ancient times
those who had taken to the heather would survive on a biscuit made of dried
oats which would be mixed with water and eaten when no better fair was
available. The purpose of this biscuit was that many days rations could be
carried at a negligible weight.
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