CAVALRY

(Subject: History & Development of Warfare - General) Techniques and triumphs of the Military Horseman: stories of the great cavalry regiments, their commanders and celebrated actions. The book provides the reader with an insight into the functions and behavior of cavalry horses in war, and the duties, training, traditions and deeds of the men who rode them. From the mounted archers of Assyria to the lancers of World War One, the story spans some 3,000 years. There are chapters on The Huns, Charlemagne and the Dawn of Chivalry, The Mongols, The Thirty Years' War, the English Civil War, Frederick the Great, Moguls and the Mahrattas, the Napoleonic Wars, The Crimean War and much more. Illustrated with more than 200 paintings, drawings, engravings and new battle maps. (Published: 1976) (Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston) (ISBN: 0562000461) (Pagination: Large format, 175pp, c200 b/w & colour illustrations) (Condition: fair in creased & chipped d/w) UL-XXXXXX