"De Warnery on cavalry horses and horsemen" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Mar 2021 9:13 p.m. PST |
"…''A squadron formed in [..] three [ranks] be much more difficult for an enemy to penetrate, even should several of the front rank be fallen or disabled: for as it causes no opening in the line, the horse will not fail to advance even without his rider, feeling himself pressed on each side and behind, as it always happens: for a horse must be very much wounded to make him fall upon the spot. One without his rider, at Strigau, which had one of his hind feet carried away by a cannon ball, joined the left of the squadron, where he ran with the others during all the battle, although we were several times dispersed; at the sound of the call he always fell into the same place, which was, without doubt, the same that he had before belonged to in the squadron.''…"
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Armand
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| Cavcmdr | 15 Mar 2021 8:36 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 15 Mar 2021 12:22 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami! (smile) Armand |
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