>>18145005
>another thread about linear warfare
You have just begun playing Master of Command, haven't you?
>One could argue that this style of warfare existed all the way into the Great War.
Not really. Extensive skirmish and loose order tactics were already commonplace by the middle of the 19th century and the thin firing lines of early WW1 are not comparable to the thick 18th century lines which consisted of entire battalions.