cavalry

     

Cavalry (from French cavalerie, cf. cheval 'horse') were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback.

Trivia about cavalry

  • Napoleon divided these troops into light & heavy forces
  • The bugle call in the clip seen here, signals this group's imminent arrival:
  • While there were a few mechanized units, the Cossacks in WWII mainly served in these units
  • The Garde Republicaine is France's last of these horse-mounted regiments
  • Term for a military force that serves on horseback
  • Jeb Stuart led this type of force at Brandy Station, the biggest battle of these forces in the war
  • The U.S. Army still has units called this, though the actual horse-mounted forces were abolished in 1950

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