Cavalry, expense of, 8;
leader, 8, 73;
brigade in action, 59;
in the general engagement, 69;
disposition of, in a campaign, 86;
masses of, 99, 109;
screen, 135;
shooting and fire discipline of, 208
_Cavalry Training, Manual of_, 111
Cavalry _v._ Cavalry, 37
“Charge,” the, 2, 4
Cherfils, 69, 98
Chest measurement as sign of stamina of horse, 20
Chivalry, 2;
Norman, 2
Colonials in the South African War, 75
Competition of squadrons, 212
Convoy duty, 144
Cooking, knowledge of, 211
Cossacks, 75, 150;
activity of the, 135
Cost of horse-flesh in South African operations, 18
Country-bred men, 210
Cromwell, 3, 6, 34, 69
Cronje, General, 84
Culverwell, Professor, on teaching, 214
Curély, 3, 7, 134
Cyclists, 94, 96
Cynic, 143;
cynicism, 217
Daumas, General, book on Arab horses by, 23
Delarey, 75
Denison on cavalry recruits, 208
Despatch-riding, 139
Detached duties of cavalry, 139
De Wet, raids of, 147
Direction of cavalry by higher leaders, 88
Dismounted action of cavalry, 57;
work, 11, 73, 186
Disposition of cavalry in a campaign, 86
Dissemination of squadrons, 68
Divisional cavalry, 91
Doctrine, Langlois’, 171;
Napoleon’s, 172
Dogger Bank, 131
Dragoons of Napoleon, 11
Drives in South Africa, 93
Drying tent, 125
Dundonald, Lord, Preface to his _Cavalry Training_, 55
Duty, sense of, 160
Echelon attack, advantages of the, 39
Elliot, on the possibilities of cavalry, 6;
inspiriting regulation mentioned by, 178
_En bondes_, to work towards the enemy, 59
Enemy, in contact with the, 122
_Engineering, Manual of Military_, 211
English cavalry, 59
Europe, supply of food for horses when campaigning in, 21
Expenses in cavalry, 154, 155
Expensive, want of cavalry is, American view, 8
Exploration, cavalry of, 90
Fanaticism, religious, 215
Field Service Regulations, 90, 94
Fire action in tactics, 50;
action by cavalry, German opinion on, 57;
effect, horse artillery, compared with rifle fire, 117
Fixed principles of the great cavalry leaders, 3
Flags, use of, 78
Flank, forming to the, 37
Forage supply and its carriage, 95, 96
Forming to the flank, 37
Frederick the Great, 3, 6, 90;
sayings of, 25, 105, 177;
his horses duly considered, 27;
on the rapid rallying of squadrons, 33;
success of the cavalry of, 81;
horse artillery and cavalry of, 102, 103;
and his officer Seydlitz, 193
Free-jumping lane, 198
French, General Sir John, 84
French cavalry, 7, 209;
regulations, 90, 134, 136, 159, 171
French dragoons in the Peninsular War, 15;
nation and the war of 1870, 7;
Republic, the armies of the, 97;
_Manuel du gradé de cavalerie_, 160, 217
Frossard, General, and the episode at Vionville, 73
Galliffet, General, 6, 31, 88
Gambling spirit necessary in cavalry leader, 9
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