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Napoleonic Cavalry

By Philip J. Haythornthwaite

Book information

Publisher
Cassell Co
Year
2002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34764397 bytes)
Pages
126\125
Library
mirknig.com
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-12-05 17:23:38

Description

Without cavalry, Napoleon remarked, battles were without result--and it was, in fact, a most important part of the army at that time. Todays leading Napoleonic expert shows how the great cavalry commanders used, and misused, their resources. Hundreds of illustrations offer close-ups of weapons and forces. Paintings of major battles detail the cavalry deployment in all its complexity and feature valuable, unique descriptions of saber, lance, armor, and carbines. Through the authors explanations of how cavalry functioned in the skirmish line and the charge, technical debates that have raged among experts over the years are finally resolved.

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