Opis
Tytuły: Wellington's Light Cavalry + Wellington's Heavy Cavalry
Tomy: 2
Autor: text and colour plates by Bryan Fosten
Wydawnictwo: Osprey Publishing Ltd
Rok wydania: 1982
Seria: Men-At-Arms Series Tom 126 + 130
Okładka: Miękka
Ilustracje: Kolorowe i czarno-białe
Liczba stron: 40; 40
Stan: Bardzo dobry- / lekko porysowane okładki, lekko pożółkłe bloki, krawędzie stron i okładki, lekko przybrudzona okładka Tomu "Light Cavalry", małe przybrudzenie na tyle Tomu "Heavy Cavalry"
"Wellington's Light Cavalry": In April 1756 the Horse Guards agreed, with some reluctance, to the addition of a single 'light troop' to most cavalry regiments. From their formation these troops were fashionable and treated as having a special character, and they became so useful that by 1759 it was decided to form complete regiments of light cavalry. Bryan Fosten provides an in depth account of the organization, uniforms and history of Wellington's Light Cavalry in a text backed by numerous illustrations including eight full page colour plates by the author himself.
"Wellington's Heavy Cavalry": Wellington considered the British cavalry to be technically inferior to the French, although paradoxically he also said that one British squadron would be a match for two of the enemy. His main concern was that although the British cavalry lacked neither courage nor dash, they lacked discipline, in that they invariably failed to rally and re-form once they had charged home. At Waterloo, although the cavalry generally performed superbly well, the endemic faults which Wellington had already identified were repeated more than once, resulting in the decimation of several fine regiments. Bryan Fosten explores the history, organisation and uniforms of Wellington's Heavy Cavalry.
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