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Osgiliath wasn't any fancy-shmancy tactician's heaven. It was basically a grind among some ruins, a war of attrition that Gondor was losing. You are right it doesn't point to better troops, but, as a rule, Tolkien had Evil be huge, weak, mindless hordes (evil men ignore this, and as such are a great balancing point) and Good be small, righteous, highly trained soldiers.