chest and horns strategy

English to French Other History war strategy

I know this is a military formation with a central "body" leading the attack and a "horn" on each side reaching around in a curve to attack the enemy from the sides, but how on earth do you say this in French...this was used during the Zulu War, it would seem...

Proposed translations (French)

4 +1	stratégie d’attaque "en tête de buffle"	Rob Grayson
4 +1	formation en croissant	Pierre POUSSIN
3	mouvement de tenailles	Carol Gullidge

Change log

Jan 22, 2007 13:32: French Foodie changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English to French"

Discussion

Irina Stanescu Jan 22, 2007: cf modele ottoman, infanterie deployee en croissant de lune
Irina Stanescu Jan 22, 2007: http://www.orvinfait.fr/coutras_bataille_3.html
Deborah Mends (asker) Jan 22, 2007: Thank you SO much!!
Stéphanie Soudais Jan 22, 2007: I recently translated a text about this, saying "The Zulu leader Shaka introduced superior strategies such as the three-pronged assault based on the head of a buffalo", and I kept the image "tête de buffle"
Deborah Mends (asker) Jan 22, 2007: Ah, yes....I wonder if "chest and horns" is the Zulu term (or a translation thereof) for the pincer movement! The expression is so animalistic...