Aug 31, 2025 · Considering modern tactics at the time, didn’t the French know that drilled musket fire of infantry was the potent answer to the classic cavalry charge?

May 15, 2019 · It mentions in Britannia how typical Roman cavalry would hesitate to charge even disorganized Celtic warbands wandering the countryside especially in forests and swamps and it …

Feb 25, 2024 · The best use of heavy cavalry was to chase off the enemy´s cavalry and then charge in the rear or flanks of an infantry that was already fighting with it´s counterpart or had already been …

May 2, 2024 · A cavalry charge was a one-shot weapon and its success depended on the commander knowing when to commit the charge at the decisive point at the decisive time. By 1864, Federal …

Sep 4, 2025 · Why did the French charge the squares in Waterloo, when it was known that drilled infantry with muskets were a death sentence for any cavalry charge?

Nov 26, 2014 · I read somewhere that a horse wouldn't actually charge into a thick line of infantry. So does infantry have to break their formation and run away for a cavalry charge to be successful? What …

Aug 22, 2018 · The cavalry don't have to charge the square, they can fire into it at close range (hard to miss such a large target even with an inaccurate weapon), or simply hold it in square position until …

Jun 13, 2011 · Against charge of polish uhlans charged unit of german cavalry which was broken and forced to retreat. Husynne - 24. 09. About 500 polish cavalry who were the reserves of 14th regiment …

Nov 19, 2013 · Title. Nope. Debunking Polish stereotypes: the cavalry charge against German tanks | World news | The Guardian Nazi and Soviet wartime propaganda fabrication. The Western Allies …

Oct 2, 2013 · IRL how would such a charge play out? I remember reading somewhere of how human bodies are obstacles to horses and while a horse may actually trample and kill some soldiers in the …