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Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1807

By Bryan Fosten , Peter Hofschröer

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1985
ISBN
0850455758, 9780850455755
Open Library ID
OL8264876M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (21738071 bytes)
Series
Men At Arms 162
Volume
vol 1
Pages
50\50
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

When Frederick II (later known as Frederick the Great) came to the throne in 1740, he had three advantages for which he owed thanks to his father: a modern, well-organised state; full coffers; and a properly trained and equipped army. Under a leader as renowned as Seydlitz, the Prussian cavalry achieved the nearest to a state of perfection that it was ever going to. So great was its reputation in the Seven Years' War that Napoleon made a special point of warning his men at the beginning of the 1806 campaign to beware of the Prussian cavalry.

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