I.43 Elizabethan English 1559-1603
Elizabeth was not enthusiastic war maker, but the international situation
frequently forced her to send in the troops. The English army frequently
was underfunded, and let down by its generals and allies. It also tended
to be backward in the latest technology, and furious debates resounded
in the military intellectual circles over the use of the bow. Be that as
it may, the English are reasonably effective, particularly after 1575 when
the bills and bows are replaced by pike and shot. Whether the English could
have survived the onslaught of Parma and is men is 1588 is somewhat
moot, but an interesting subject for a game. Many of the officers were
Catholics, including Elizabeth's best general Mountjoy, although he served
loyally enough against the Irish. Elizabeth also had a habit of hiring
Irish as mercenares, which lead to them selling a number of towns in the
Low Countries to the Spanish.
In Ireland, the English did have a number of allied Irish, albeit generally
in small numbers. I would suggest adding:
Only in Ireland:
Irish allied kerns
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