Disdain for Morisco military capacity caused a failed reconnaissance

Evidence

What went wrong at Ser´on was partly that this armed reconnaissance in a foolhardy way, presumably out of contempt for the organizational capacity of the enemy, attempted more than such a force could safely do, but mainly the trouble was rank indiscipline. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1053

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s running theme that Spanish contempt for the Moriscos repeatedly produced tactical blunders — see earlier chapters on the uprising.
• SEED: Potential essay angle: how underestimating ‘irregular’ or ‘peasant’ enemies — from Moriscos to colonial insurgencies — is a recurring military failure mode.