The southerner of the mid-19th century had been bred to ride horses. In addition the period southerner had long been used to handling firearms, through hunting for pleasure, food or simply for sport. The combination of these factors promised that when the southern states began to secede in December 1860, the cavalry would be a major combat arm. This title looks at how the men of the Confederate cavalry were recruited, trained, lived and fought. Both routine and campaign life are covered, as well as the weapons and equipment that served them in their combat roles. Key encounters such as the 1863 clash at Brandy Station are also covered in this authoritative text.

This book concentrates on the dramatic experiences of Napoleon's Army of the Orient in Egypt and the Holy Land. The fighting of the Mamelukes and Turks are covered in depth, detailing desert combat, siege warfare, cavalry skirmishes and the suppression of uprisings. It examines the French treatment of prisoners as well as the fate of captured Frenchmen, and describes caring for the wounded, outbreaks of bubonic plague, and the terrible retreat from Acre in 1799, in accounts by the men who were there. The experiences of infantry, cavalry and sea soldiers of Napoleon's Army of the Orient are brought vividly back to life.

Какой была повседневная жизнь гусара в «золотой век» русской легкой кавалерии — царствование императора Александра I (1801–1825), на которое пришлись войны с наполеоновской Францией и «гроза Двенадцатого года»? Всё, что мы знаем о гусарах той поры, заимствовано в лучшем случае из художественной литературы — повестей Пушкина, стихотворений Лермонтова и Дениса Давыдова, романа Льва Толстого. Но во всех этих произведениях гусары изображаются в некоем романтическом ореоле — «проза жизни» менее всего интересовала читающую публику XIX столетия. Книга же, которую держит в своих руках читатель, рассказывает как раз о буднях гусарской жизни, причем рассказ этот основан исключительно на документальном материале, по крупицам собранном известной писательницей и исследовательницей русской военной истории, членом Международного Наполеоновского общества Аллой Игоревной Бегуновой.

This revised edition of Mike Chappell's original Men-at-Arms 138 represents nearly 20 years' new research. It covers the saddlery, horse furniture, and personal equipment of the British horsed cavalryman from the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars until the final disappearance of the mounted arm during World War II. Such details are essential for an understanding of how cavalry fought in the 19th and early 20th centuries, since the design of equipment was intimately connected with cavalry tactics in any particular period. Students of campaign history, and particularly modellers, will find here a mass of specific information, illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings and full colour plates.