Cavalry

Nizza Cavalryman 1848

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One of the decisions of the Congress of Vienna (1815) was the creation of the kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont), which also encompassed the former republic of Genoa. The House of Savoy soon lost independence and became Austrian vassals, and the desire for freedom put Piedmont at the forefront of the struggle for Italian unification. From 1848 to 1866, with short…

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A Ride Too Far 1863

Generals Lee & Stuart JEB Stuart’s Ride around the Union Army. The Confederacy needed a dramatic victory. There had been some serious losses in the west, but the larger Union Army had been kept at bay in Virginia. What was needed in June 1863 was a victory that showed that…

Cavalry Cossack France Medieval 7 Min Read

Mamelukes of the French Imperial Guard

In December 1805, brigadier general Jean Rapp led a memorable attack at Austerlitz, when he charged at the head of two squadrons each of the Mounted Chasseurs and the Mounted Grenadiers of the Guard and the Guard Mameluks and decimated the Chevalier Guards of the Russian Imperial Guard. Within the…

Cavalry 13 Min Read

The Horse Soldier

Only after three years of training under the disciplined leadership of General ANTHONY WAYNE did the army, temporarily known as the “Legion” and expanded to some 3,000 strong. The “Legion,” in somewhat reduced form, was reorganized and formed the basis for the United States Army in 1796. Growing tensions with…

Cavalry Spain 4 Min Read

Iberian cavalry

Iberian cavalryman, 2nd C. BC. Iberian cavalry were certainly trained and equipped to fight en masse (Polybios 3.65.6) The ancient writer Strabo described Hispanics wearing helmets with three crests, and there are also references to iron helmet-masks rather in the manner of those worn by the Romans for their cavalry…

Cavalry History 7 Min Read

Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill

Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill by Frederic Remington. In reality, they assaulted San Juan Heights and the portion later called Kettle Hill by the Americans. US Army photo taken near the base of Kettle Hill about July 4, 1898. The soldier is pointing up to the…

Byzantine Cavalry Medieval 11 Min Read

BATTLES OF KLEIDION–STRUMITSA

Just as with the infantry, the cavalry of the enduring Roman Empire had three classes of troops whose equipment reflected the nature, proximity and duration of the contact they were expected to have with the enemy. The lightest cavalryman was the archer (1). While he was equipped with a sword,…

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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN ARMY – RUSSO–JAPANESE WAR

On the eve of the Russo–Japanese War, Russian land forces were the biggest in the…

Cataphract camels

The Parthians and early Sassanian Persians made use of camel units; even experimented with cataphract…

BAYBARS AND THE MAMLUK SULTANATE

  The Mamluks under Baibars (yellow) fought off the Franks and the Mongols during the…

French Cavalry 1914

The French strategic cavalry was composed of ten cavalry divisions. This strategic cavalry would be…