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	Regiments of the British Army: Overview
		Most the regiments raised for King William's war were disbanded by 1698, and when he died in 1702 he was beginning to rebuild the army to meet the French challenge in the War of the Spanish Succession.
		Two regiments commanded by colonels Howard were distinguished as the Buff Howards and the Green Howards from the colour of their facings, and the units eventually came to be officially known as The Buffs and The Green Howards.
		Cavalry in the 18th and 19th centuries were "heavy" (dragoon guards) and "light" (dragoons), according to the type of horse and equipment.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/lists/bargts.htm (4006 words)

	Jine the cavalry
		Cavalry divisions were utilized by commanders as advance scouts and as a mobile fighting force.
		Cavalry regiments were composed of ten companies of 100 to 110 troopers each.
		The cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General J.E.B. Stuart, was organized into one large division, divided into brigades, and accompanied by six batteries of horse artillery.
	www.nps.gov /gett/soldierlife/cavalry.htm (1096 words)

	Napoleonic Cavalry
		Regiments were greatly understrength and the Saxe Hussars and the 15th Cavalry (Royal Allemande) defected to the Austrians.
		The light cavalry maneuver units were intended to be broken down into small tactical units for use as pickets and vedettes, and for deployment in reconnaissance roles.
		The Napoleonic battle cavalry initially consisted of the grosse cavalerie which were subsequently reorganized as the cuirassiers, the carabineers, and the dragoons.
	www.3rdcuirassiers.org /cavalry/napcav.htm (1434 words)

	Cavalry
		In the eastern theater the First, Second, Fifth, and Sixth regular regiments were formed into the "Reserve" Cavalry brigade ostensibly as a professional core with which to bolster the "green" volunteers.
		As a cavalry formation pressed forward on campaign or raids, they took every horse they could find from the surrounding towns and farms, knowing that soon enough they'd be needed.
		The federal cavalry was armed with breech loading carbines which allowed for a faster rate of fire (2x) than infantry with muzzle loaders.
	www.secondcavalry.org /Cavalry.htm (1069 words)

	Introduction To Civil War Cavalry
		Shortly after the 3rd Cavalry was organized in 1861, all the regiments were renumbered from one to six and the twelve troops organization adopted.
		A regiment was commanded by a Colonel, and had a Lieutenant Colonel, 3 Majors, and staff of an Adjutant, a Quartermaster, a Commissary, and a regimental Surgeon and assistant.
		Between 1861-1865, 272 full regiments of cavalry were raised to preserve the Union, 137 for the South.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/regimental/cavalry.cfm (2067 words)

	Austrian Cavalry Regiments and Their Commanders: 1792-1815
		The cavalry arm was traditionally strong in the Imperial Army.
		The light cavalry role of the dragoons was taken by the hussars and a new type of German light cavalry was raised: the chevauxlegers.
		The poor financial situation made it hard to raise and maintain the cavalry regiments, as they were most expensive arm of the army.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/Austria/cavalry/c_austriancav.html (1020 words)

	4th Cavalry Regiment
		As the 1st Cavalry was the fourth oldest mounted regiment it was redesignated as the 4th Cavalry Regiment.
		The 4th Cavalry elements that participated in Desert Storm the 1st Squadron, the 2nd Squadron and Troop D all performed their missions with courage, and outstanding professionalism adding to the reputation of the 4th Cavalry as being one of the Army's finest regiments.
		Under this concept the 4th Cavalry Regiment is undergoing significant changes as all active elements reorganize from a mix of armored cavalry and air cavalry to a mix of armored, motorized and dismounted reconnaissance units.
	www.25thida.com /4thcav.html (7077 words)

	The British Cavalry Regiments 1914-1918
		These were elite Regiments that had a traditional role of being the mounted guards of the Monarch.
		The mainstay of the mounted units, the Regiments of the Cavalry of the Line fought most of their war on foot.
		The Regiments of the Special Reserve were irregular units that were among the first to join the regular army in France.
	www.1914-1918.net /CAVALRY/cavregiments.htm (261 words)

	Renegade Miniatures - Articles - Early War French Cavalry Units
		For example, the Cuirassier regiments went to war in khaki or blue helmet covers and 'dulled' cuirasses, as a concession to modern warfare and there is some evidence to suggest that the cuirass was latterly abandoned altogether.
		Cavalry regiments were further distinguished by the colour of the facings on their cuffs, collars and shoulder straps, which were crimson for Chasseurs à Cheval, pale blue for Hussars, scarlet for Cuirassiers and white for Dragoons.
		In all cavalry regiments, officers, trumpeters, machine-gunners and senior NCOs were only armed with a sabre (of heavy or light pattern dependent on unit) and 1892 revolver.
	renegademiniatures.com /article4.htm (2348 words)

	Tenth Regiment of Cavalry
		It was as the 10th regiment of cavalry that the regiment now bearing that designation came into the service and made for itself the record which is the subject of this sketch.
		The men of existing colored regiments not willing to enlist in the new organizations will, for the present, be consolidated into companies under the direction of their immediate commanders, and held to service until the new army is sufficiently organized to replace them.
		The recruiting for the regiment was in the main regimental, that is, by officers of the regiment detailed to recruit for it.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/R&H/R&H-10CV.htm (4382 words)

	U.S. Horse Cavalry, 1941: 11th U.S. Cavalry (Commemorative), A Troop
		At the start of World War II, some fifteen regular horse cavalry regiments, such as the 11th Cavalry, and dozens of National Guard units were maintained by the Army.
		Even after the horse cavalry regiments had been re-cast as armored or reconnaissance units, many World War II field commanders expressed a wish for horse-troopers.
		The 11th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (Commemorative) is a Living History Museum which honors the last horse cavalrymen of the U.S. Army.
	www.11uscavalry1940.com (354 words)

	Napoleon's Cuirassiers
		The 19th-22nd regiments disbanded, providing 4th squadrons to the 9th through 18th regiments; 15 men from the elite companies of the 19th-22nd regiments allocated to the Garde Consulaire with the remainder assigned to the carabiniers.
		On 24 December 1809 the Provisional Regiment was reinforced with the remnants of the 2nd Regiment and became the 13e Cuirassiers.
		The remaining 12 regiments were reorganized to four squadrons: the first five regiments immediately affected, with the sixth reforming on 6 January 1815.
	www.3rdcuirassiers.org /cavalry/napcuriassiers.htm (777 words)

	The Record - March 1998
		Under the act, Congress authorized four additional cavalry regiments, creating two "to be composed of colored men." From this time to the closing days of World War II, a distinct and unique history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments unfolded within the military.
		The regimental records of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments are a part of Record Group 391 and contain extremely useful operation reports, orders, and location information as well as correspondence and officer and troop lists.
		The history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments is not only a part of the great military tradition of the United States but of the history of Black accomplishment.
	www.archives.gov /publications/record/1998/03/buffalo-soldiers.html?template=print (1446 words)

	2d CAVALRY DIVISION
		The stars are taken from the coat of arms of the 2d Cavalry, which was formerly a unit of the division.
		The 4th Cavalry Brigade activated during February 1941 with the 9th and 10th Cavalry as its cavalry regiments.
		The 2d and 14th Cavalry were inactivated and their personnel transferred into the newly formed 2d and 14th Armored Regiments, both elements of the new armored division.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/topics/afam/2CD.htm (1095 words)

	Cavalry Warfare
		Cavalry regiments were also equipped with one or two machine guns carried by a team and cart.
		The British, French and German armies all considered their cavalry to be an elite force and had considerable influence over the tactics used during battles.
		The reconnaissance function of the cavalry during the First World War was rendered obsolete by the use of aircraft such as the Farman MF-II, Avro 504 and the BE-2.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWcavalry.htm (736 words)

	Armoured Regiments
		The 5th Bengal Cavalry and the 8th Bengal Lancers were amalgamated to form the 3rd Cavalry in 1922.
		Drawn from the existing cavalry regiments of the time, the 62 Cavalry is constituted from the three warrior classes of the Sikh, Jat and Dogra castes.
		The Regiment was born as the first armoured regiment to be raised in Independent India and was the first Indian armoured regiment to be raised entirely on tanks.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Reg-Arm.html (958 words)

	The SMG Annex: Tactics - Cavalry and Skirmishing Infantry
		This time the Rebels are turning to meet the cavalry and will have support from the regiment to the south which is also turning northward.
		At the top, one of Williams' regiments is shooting through the skirmishers in front of it thus eliminating the delay of having to swing around to get a clear shot.
		Below, a regiment of skirmishers has popped out of the woods to the west and is firing into the rear of the Confederates holding the left flank.
	waterloo.strategyplanet.gamespy.com /gettysburg/tactics_cavalry_and_skirmishing_infantry.html (2061 words)

	African American Registry: Cavalry forms Buffalo Soldiers
		These were the Buffalo Soldiers, a nickname given to members of African-American cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who served in the western United States until 1896, mainly fighting Indians on the frontier.
		Later in 1866, the 9th Cavalry Regiment was activated at Greenville, Louisiana and the 10th Cavalry Regiment was activated at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and the 38th through 41st infantries (these four were later reduced to the 24th and 25 infantries), which often fought alongside the cavalry regiments.
		In 1944, the end came to the cavalry regiments and the curtain was lowered on the long and glorious past of the "Buffalo Soldiers." The Baltimore Chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers Association hosted the 132nd Anniversary Reunion in 1998.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1024/cavalry_forms_buffalo_soldiers (652 words)

	The ECW Pages - Cavalry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cavalry troopers usually wore armour in the form of back and breast plates, and a pot helmet.
		Cavalry weapons consisted of a couple of pistols, and perhaps a carbine, plus a sword or cutlass.
		In fact, the royalists were notorious for pursuing a beaten cavalry force for miles, leaving the infantry unprotected on the battlefield.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~crossby/ECW/tactics/cavalry.html (307 words)

	History of the 17th Cavalry Regiment
		The 17th Cavalry Regiment was organized under the provisions of the National Defense Act of 1916 at Ft Bliss, Texas on June 30,1916 and constituted on 1 July 1916.
		The Regiment chose the unicorn from the 6th Cavalry Regiment, which represents the knightly virtues and, in the rampant position, a symbol of fighting aggressiveness, combined with speed and activity.
		While the eight new cavalry regiments that were added in 1917 had been redesignated as artillery, reorganization in 1921 resulted in the number of cavalry regiments being pared from seventeen to fourteen, by inactivation of the 15th, 16th and 17th.
	www.mindspring.com /~cjenkins/17hist.htm (3294 words)

	CAVALRY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Officers and enlisted personnel assigned to cavalry regiments, cavalry squadrons or separate cavalry troops are authorized to wear the cavalry collar insignia in lieu of their insignia of branch when approved by the MACOM commander.
		In March 1855, two regiments of cavalry were created and their trimmings were to be "yellow." In 1861, the designation of dragoon and mounted rifleman disappeared, all becoming cavalry with "yellow" as their colors.
		Although the regimental flags for cavalry units are yellow, the troop guidons are red and white without an insignia on the guidon.
	www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /branches/Cavalry.htm (232 words)

	WW2 German Cavalry \| Cavalry of the Wehrmacht
		During the mobilization for war in 1939 seventeen of these regiments were used to form thirty-eight reconnaissance battalions for the initial wave of divisions and sixteen for the second wave.
		The combat strenth of the 1.Kavallerie Brigade dismounted was roughly that of an infantry regiment.
		The cavalry was a sort of multi-purpose unit.
	www.ww2germancavalry.info /history.htm (372 words)

	Avalanche Press
		Polish cavalry received 58 million zloty in the 1938-39 military budget, or 7.3 percent of the total, compared to 46.3 million for the entire Air Force (5.8 percent).
		When Poland secretly ordered mobilization in August 1939, Polish cavalry regiments issued lances anyway — on such a broad scale that the move had to have official sanction, though in the chaos of Poland’s collapse no one would ever be held to account for the order.
		The regiment also included a section of four anti-tank guns (37mm Bofors guns, built in Poland under a Swedish license for which the Poles actually paid), a small anti-aircraft section with four machine guns on high-angle mounts, and a platoon of cyclists.
	www.avalanchepress.com /PolishCavalry.php (1231 words)

	Avalanche Press
		And the cavalry regiments were seen as a breeding ground for reactionary sentiments within the officer corps.
		At the Cavalry School in Hannover, the heart of the cavalry arm, officers filled the void left by the loss of their proud regiments by taking pride in their riders’ international accomplishments.
		The cavalry division was attached to 24th Panzer Corps for the invasion of the Soviet Union, where it was hoped that it could use its mobility to good effect among the swamps of the Pripet Marshes.
	www.avalanchepress.com /GermanCavalry.php?mode=print (1153 words)

	7th Cavalry Regiment
		During the interwar period, the regiment held the line as one of the last bastions of the horse cavalry in spite of the increasing need for mechanization.
		The regiment remained in Japan for the duration of the occupation until the outbreak of the Korean War.
		As part of this preparation, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, (division cavalry squadron for the 2nd Armored Division) which was slated for inactivation, detached its A and B Troops to provide fillers and vehicles for 1-7 in mid-September.
	lewis184.home.mchsi.com /7th_cavalry_regiment.htm (6335 words)

	Union Cavalry (Essay) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Instead of doing as cavalry was supposed to do, which was to scout and screen, it served primarily as messengers and orderlies.
		The only really effective use of cavalry by McClellan was as part of a combined force operation commanded by G. Warren toward Hanover Courthouse in June 1862 which led to the destruction of bridges over the North Anna and caused Jackson to be late for the opening of the 7 days' battles.
		My opinion is that Little Mac's misuse of the cavalry cost its development at least a year and a half, and is the reason why Stuart rode rings (literally) around him until March 1863, when the Battle of Kelly's Ford was fought on March 17.
	www.civilwarhome.com /unioncavalry.htm (501 words)

	Napoleon's Guard Cavalry (Young Guard, Old Guard)
		Squadrons of Velites (in Regiment of Horse Grenadiers)
		Squadrons of Velites (in Regiment of Horse Chasseurs)
		The 1st Regiment got some men (not their best) from the Guards of Honor; the 2nd was supposed to be recruited from the postillions of the Imperial mail service.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/IMPERIAL_GUARD_cavalry_1.html (9478 words)

	1st Cavalry Division - Homepage
		The 1st, 7th, 8th and 10th Cavalry Regiments, which in the future would form the nucleus of the 1st Cavalry Division on 13 September 1921, clashed with the Sioux, Comanche, Arapaho, Apache and the Indian Nations during the Indian Wars.
		The 5th Cavalry Regiment was assigned on 18 December 1922, relieving the 10th Cavalry Regiment.
		The 12th Cavalry Regiment would be assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division on 03 January 1933, relieving the 1st Cavalry Regiment.
	www.first-team.us /journals (1967 words)

	Ministry of Defence \| Fact Sheets \| The Household Cavalry
		This Regiment has its origins in a group of loyal gentlemen who accompanied King Charles II to the continent during his exile (1652-59) and formed themselves into a military bodyguard for the protection of their Sovereign.
		As a Formation Reconnaissance Regiment, the Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) is at the forefront of the British Army's operational capability.
		The Regiment is trained and equipped to operate forward of the main forces, to gain information on the enemy and ground, to protect our own forces from enemy reconnaissance, and to exploit opportunities as they occur.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/FactSheets/TheHouseholdCavalry.htm (1156 words)

	History of the 1st & 2nd Maine Cavalry Regiments
		The regiment arrived at Washington, DC, on the 4th of September, and was attached to Burnside's Corps, participating, on the 12th, in the engagement at Frederick, MD, where the regiment (with the exception of Companies G. M and H) remained encamped, Colonel Allen receiving the appointment on Military Governor.
		The regiment was relieved from duty at Frederick, MD, on November 2nd, and December 11th was assigned to General Bayard's Cavalry Brigade at Falmouth, VA, afterwards commanded by General Gregg, under whose command the regiment remained until February 20th 1863, when it was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Colonel J. Kilpatrick commanding.
		On the 15th of September the regiment was attacked by a large force of the enemy, and after a gallant resistance was compelled to retreat, losing heavily in killed and a large number being taken prisoners.
	www.mainecav.org /history.htm (1831 words)

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