But the cavalry took too long to prepare.
All this cavalry debouched on the plateau, and it was like the appearance of an earthquake.
One cavalry officer, Lieut-Colonel Paul Yingling, has denounced the failure of America's generals-in Iraq as in vietnam-to prepare the army for counter-insurgency.
Mr Gwynne’s focus is the Comanches, a tribe that he describes as “the greatest light cavalry on earth” during their heyday.
The cavalry unit must be remounted immediately.
In addition, there was the cavalry, drawn from the wealthiest men, with eighteen centuries;
Only when some of the cavalry got him onto a horse and escorted him from the field was he able to escape to seek refuge in Turkish territory.
Wellington was tenacious; in that lay his merit, and we are not seeking to lessen it: but the least of his foot-soldiers and of his cavalry would have been as solid as he.
It was the remaining half of the justly celebrated English cavalry.
He had just returned from patrol, and once he heard the news, although astonished, he dashed down to the river bank like a whirlwind, with only 4 or 5 cavalry followed.
To divert the enemy he sent a detachment of cavalry to make a feint across the Vorskla south of Poltava.
A North Carolina regiment mistook them for enemy cavalry and opened fire, severely wounding Jackson.
His cavalry would smash through the redoubts opening the way for the infantry to scale the Russians' wooden walls and engage them in hand-to-hand fighting.
The cavalry officer gave the order to dismount.
