| MiniPigs | 28 Jul 2019 8:16 p.m. PST |
Is cavalry pretty much a waste of time in this game? I am not speaking of hordes of native cavalry but rather the odd 12 man British unit. |
| Robert Burke | 28 Jul 2019 10:43 p.m. PST |
They can be great for flanking purposes. You can use them to keep an enemy unit from retreating so that anothe unit can hit the enemy in the front. And, of course, most British cavalry can dismount and fire carbines. |
| Nick Pasha | 29 Jul 2019 2:42 a.m. PST |
During the Zulu War the British had few true cavalrymen. The cavalry they did have were mostly mounted infantry. They were used as a mobile force for pinning down Zulus and scouting. |
Col Durnford  | 29 Jul 2019 4:15 a.m. PST |
The main value is in champagnes for scouting bonus. On the table they can shoot and retreat. Also good to run off a shaken unit with a charge (and charging is the main reason to have them). |
| Dentwist | 29 Jul 2019 4:40 a.m. PST |
How can you do Hlobane without cavalry :) |
| Dave Jackson | 29 Jul 2019 5:42 a.m. PST |
VCarter…..i like the way you think…"champagnes"….yes indeed! |
| oldjarhead | 29 Jul 2019 5:57 a.m. PST |
They bring class to what would, otherwise, be a vulgar brawl |
| Col Durnford | 29 Jul 2019 6:25 a.m. PST |
I goes with the white table cloth and fine silver. |
| advocate | 29 Jul 2019 8:17 a.m. PST |
And on the North-west Frontier, having the Bengal Lancers is a legal requirement. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 29 Jul 2019 9:19 a.m. PST |
"Huzzah!" for all these replies! TVAG |
| pvernon | 29 Jul 2019 1:35 p.m. PST |
And mine always come up one inch short when they charge. |
| nnascati | 29 Jul 2019 5:22 p.m. PST |
I fondly remember an NWF game from maybe 35 years ago. I had a unit of Lancers that spent the entire game essentially parading back and forth along a hill line. They simply refused to close to action. |
 Nashville | 29 Jul 2019 6:39 p.m. PST |
I add horse artillery. Shorter range move like cav. Extra punch. |
 Florida Tory | 05 Aug 2019 5:17 p.m. PST |
I lost the Queen's Guides once to a single unit of native cavalry. British cavalry is even more powerful.  Rick |
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