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Originally Posted by Lindolirian
Other than shouting, "Ware! Ware!" and appealing to the Valar for help, you mean?  According to the History Channel, Hannibal's elephants took fright at the Romans' horses and were much less aggressive in their presence. EDIT: After further research I found that it was actually the other way around, but horses could be trained to withstand elephants in which case the elephants were repelled by the smell of horses. And Wikipedia.com |
That reminds me: In their conquest of China, the Mongols would sometimes set elephants on fire and send them towards the Chinese lines.
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Originally Posted by Kuruharan
I think I'll stick to my caltrops and trumpets. They smell much nicer and don't require food.
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Caltrops. Hmm. Yeah. Big caltrops.
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