Maude, Colonel, _Cavalry: Its Past and Future_, 110, 112, 148 May, General, _Guns and Cavalry_, 114 Mêlée, 14, 209 Michel’s brigade at the battle of Woerth, 112 Mischenko, General, 149, 150 Moltke, Yon, sayings of, 8, 155 _Moral_, 1, 5, 30, 49, 217 Mosby, 7 Mounted infantry, 56, 73, 75, 117, 205 Mounted infantry horse see finish of campaign, 22 Mukden, battle of, 110, 146 Murat, 3, 24, 82, 98, 141, 206 Nansouty and Murat, 24 Napier, on sword, 14 Napoleon and his dragoons of 1805, 11; the mamelukes formidable antagonists to, 15; light cavalry horse of, 20; in Russian campaign, 24; his lack of consideration for the horse, 27; maxims of, 71, 88, 122, 167; discerns the impossibility of co-ordinating the two functions of cavalry--information and security, 88; horse artillery and cavalry of, 102, 103; sayings of, 108, 112, 167, 190; and Lasalle, 131; information easily gained by the French cavalry for, 135; extensive use of despatch-riders in several of his campaigns, 141; his doctrine of _moral_, 172; on the mamelukes, 193; his loss of horse in the invasion of Russia, 206 Napoleonic era, 3 New Zealanders as horsemen, 13 Ney, “the bravest of the brave,” 84 Napoleon’s appreciation of, 167 Night attack, a, 124 Norman chivalry, 2 Officer, cavalry, the training of the, 154, 167 Officers, amateur, 97 Officers’ want of experience in horse-flesh on joining a regiment, 18 Paardeberg, 82, 149 Pace, exercise in, 140 Pamirs, horse food in the, 25 Parthian tactics, 1, 82 Patriotism, 6, 97 Peace-time theorists, 79 Pelet Narbonne, Von, 111, 151 Peninsular War, 15, 135, 159 “Pepper-box” system, 93 Personal weapon, 209. _See also_ Armament Personnel, 82 Petersburg, 27 Picard, 89, 206, 214 “Picket the enemy,” 133 Picq, Ardant du, 29, 49, 80, 87, 174 Pioneering, every man should possess a good knowledge of, in all its forms, 211 Polo-playing as an exercise for cavalry officers, 168, 197 Polo pony, 20, 192 Pompom, use of the, 68 Pony, the, as adjunct to squadrons, 20-21 Preuil, General de, 73 Prince Imperial, death of, in Zululand, 191 Principles of cavalry leading, 3 Prisoners, Spanish, 10,000 captured by the French, 85; the taking of, very desirable, 128; as a means of obtaining information, 143 Problems, practical, and their proposed solutions, 188 Protective cavalry, their duty to secure positions for infantry columns following them, 92 Punchestown, training horses, 198 Pursuit, 83; parallel, 84 Rafts, 211 Raids, 145 Rally, the, 32; instantaneous, 14 Rearguards, 1, 144, 189, 214 Recruits, 136, 207 Reich, Emil, 169 Rennenkampf, his reconnaissance to Kuan-tien-cheng, 150 Resolute offensive, 78 Revolver as a weapon in place of a sword, 15 Riding, methods of teaching, 202