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firepower, 4, 12, 14–16, 112, 140, 151, 152, 158, 166, 191, 205, 207, 251, 255, 268, 269, 274, 316, 318, 339, 349, 351; and mobility, 307
First Crusade, 81, 88
Flanders, 107, 171
Flemish army, 106, 107
flintlock, 152, 156, 158, 162
Fontenoy, battle of, 165
forage, foraging, 45, 141, 164, 165, 208, 240, 264, 285, 295, 343, 345
Fornovo, battle of, 86
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 237
Fort Riley, Kansas, 268, 287, 356
forward seat, 324, 326, 333
foundered horses, 110
France, 63, 82, 106, 184, 195, 196, 209, 212, 214, 215, 218, 227, 230, 256, 257, 266, 267, 269, 309–312, 317, 327, 328, 335, 336
Franco-Prussian War, 231, 255–259, 262, 311, 312, 317
Frankish cavalry, 89
Franks, 81, 89, 129
Frederick II, 148
Frederick the Great, 150, 161, 165, 166, 173, 177, 183, 263
French cavalry, 106, 109, 110, 112–115, 157–160, 164, 165, 184, 188, 194–198, 200, 201, 204, 206–209, 214–216, 219, 220, 222, 224–230, 256, 258–262, 266–268, 310, 311, 313–315, 326, 327
French cavalry horses, 110, 208
French Revolution, 193, 267
French Wars, 151, 156
Friesian horse, 168, 171
Gallic cavalry, 53, 63, 70, 71
gallop, 24, 52, 55, 60, 83, 95, 118, 121, 129, 140, 155, 165–167, 173, 174, 188, 189, 191, 202–206, 215, 230, 238, 258, 295, 324, 326, 344, 354
gambeson, 87, 120
Gaugamela, battle of, 42, 45, 47, 350
Gaul, 53, 58, 62–64, 67, 70, 131
gelding, 58, 96, 124, 168, 287
general purpose cavalry, 22, 56, 67, 105, 160, 163, 256, 311
Genghis Khan, 120, 121, 124, 132–134, 136, 139, 141, 142, 149, 320, 351
German cavalry, 67, 156, 158, 168, 178, 179, 181, 188, 256, 257, 263, 266, 309, 310, 312, 314, 315, 335, 337–341, 343, 344
German cuirassiers, 157
Germanic cavalry, 64
Germanic tribes, 54, 56, 69, 121
Germany, 62, 149, 153, 169, 170, 177, 178, 263, 265, 317, 323, 327, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348
Gettysburg, battle of, 241, 245, 249–253, 255, 351
gladius, 50
Gneisenau, August N., 219
Godolphin Arabian, 209
Golan Heights, 101
Golden Horde, 148, 216
Goth cavalry, 76, 77, 350
Goth infantry, 76
Goths, 56, 63, 64, 74–77, 128, 129
Granikos, battle of, 42, 44, 45, 47
grazing, 97, 123, 137, 138, 169, 286; see also forage
Great Britain, 184; see also, British cavalry; England
Great Northern War, 151, 171
Greece, Greeks, 18, 19, 22, 25, 28–39, 41, 43, 44, 55, 57, 64, 118, 127
Greek cavalry 34–37, 39, 42
Greek city-states, 17–19, 29, 42, 43
Greek infantry, 20, 32, 33
Gregg, David, 246, 248–250, 253–255
Grenadiers a Cheval, 196
Greys Scouts, 351
Grisone, Federico, 172
grooming, 216, 265, 345
Grouchy, Emmanuel de, 218–221, 226
Guagamela, battle of, 19, 114
Guérinière, François Robichon de la, 176, 213
guerrillas, 62, 270, 272, 290, 301, 306
gunpowder, 116, 120, 150, 151
Guy of Lusignan, 101–104
Haflinger horse, 354, 355
half-cuirassier, 158, 160
Hampton, Wade, 246, 250, 253, 254
hand-to-hand combat, 37, 39, 141
Hannibal, 62, 190
Hanover, Germany, 169, 170, 184, 190
harness, 3, 6, 8, 12, 24
harquebus, harquebusier, 151, 152, 154, 157, 158, 160, 175, 178, 182
Hattin, battle of, 81, 83, 100, 102–105, 351
hauberk, 87, 95
heavy cavalry, 28, 39, 40, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 65–68, 70, 71, 78, 80, 85, 89, 95, 105, 109, 112, 115, 126, 137, 138, 140, 146, 147, 150, 153, 154, 158–163, 169–171, 175, 178, 179, 188, 195–198, 200, 201, 203, 212, 215, 219, 220, 223, 224, 226, 257, 264, 266, 311, 316
helicopter, 352
Hellenic League, 30
Hellespont, 44
helmet, 6, 9, 19, 35, 37, 39, 50, 51, 53, 56, 65, 83, 87, 95, 137, 158, 159, 161, 196, 201, 311, 315, 316; bacinet, 88; great helm, 87; iron helmet, 65, 87, 137; open face helmet, 39, 158, 159; spangenhelm, 83, 87; visored helmet, 95
Henry of Silesia, 145
herd animals, 77
Herodotus, 22, 29, 97
high school equitation, 168, 172, 173, 243, 268
Hitler, Adolf, 335
Hittite, Hittites, 5–7, 10–17
Hohenfriedburg, battle of, 166
Holland, 168, 171
Holsteiner breed, 169, 170, 190, 346
holster, 156, 162, 176, 234, 258
Hooker, Joseph, 245–248
hoplite, 18, 19, 20, 29–36, 39, 42, 44, 65
horse archer, 21, 24, 25, 28, 64, 66, 70, 72, 73, 95, 96, 102–104, 116–118, 120, 130, 132, 133, 137–140
horse armor, 39, 93, 113, 273; see also, chamfron, crinet, peytral
horse artillery, 164, 166, 192, 197, 203, 220, 251, 254, 311
horse blanket, 38, 39
horse breeding, 20, 89, 90, 96, 170, 171, 208, 240, 262, 269
horse breeds, 123, 168, 208, 266, 346, 356; see also, Akhal-Teke, Appaloosa, Arabian, Andalusian, Caspian, Haflinger, Holsteiner, Lipizzaner, Tarpan, Throughbred, Trakehner
horse culture, 35, 275, 352
horseherds, 96, 97, 121–124, 149, 276
horselosses, see losses, horse
horse management, 124, 216, 240, 244, 301, 304, 307
horse mastership, 216, 230, 298, 304, 306, 308, 326, 333, 345
horse mobility, see mobility, horse; speed and mobility
horse obstacles, see antihorse obstacles horse shortages, 209
horse traders, 20
horse training, 5, 172, 326, 351
horsemanship, 16, 17, 24, 27, 28, 38, 39, 41, 50, 52, 60, 62, 63, 77, 83, 89, 92, 94, 100, 115, 120, 124, 125, 128, 130, 149, 151, 154–156, 165, 167, 172, 174, 175, 187, 190–192, 196, 207, 210, 213–216, 218, 230, 239, 240, 243, 244, 262, 264, 267–270, 274, 275, 279, 285, 286, 289, 292, 295–298, 301, 304, 306–308, 318, 323, 324, 326, 343–345, 348, 351, 353, 354
horses and tanks, 342
horseshoes, 62, 92, 93, 123, 124, 213; British cavalry required to carry set, 214
Hospitaller, 102, 145
hot-blooded horse, 169
household cavalry, 162, 197, 356
Hun, Huns, 63, 74, 117, 124–132
Hun bow, 130
Hun horses, 122
Hundred Years War, 82, 87, 106, 115
Hungarian cavalry, 212, 336
Hungary, Hungarians, 52, 116, 134, 144–149, 153, 170, 334, 336, 344, 348
hunt, hunting, 134, 135, 173, 215, 280
hunt seat, 173, 215
hunter horse, 173, 210, 211, 275, 279, 301
hussar, hussars, 153, 157, 162, 164, 166, 170, 175, 184–188, 190, 195–199, 201, 202, 209, 212, 214, 216, 221, 256, 259, 260, 261, 311, 318
Hyksos, 4, 6
Illyria, 38
Imperial army, 49, 72, 74, 177–180, 183
Imperial cavalry, 53, 157, 178–183
Imperial Guard, 195–199, 212, 217, 221, 226, 228
imported horses, 4, 170, 302
independent cavalry operations, 136, 164, 233, 256, 317
India, 38, 47, 257, 270, 304, 322
industrial revolution xi, 198, 231, 350
infantry firepower, 152, 205
infantry formations, 6, 9, 80, 104, 150, 154, 156, 179, 182, 205, 228, 238, 317
infantry line, 108, 189, 194, 205, 238, 317
infantry square, 200, 205–207
Iran, 18, 20–22, 47, 64, 65
Iraq, 3, 20, 64, 73
Ireland, 210
Irish horses, 171
Islamic armies, 90, 95–99, 116, 168
Islamic cavalry, 93, 95, 96, 99
Islamic horses, 89, 96
Islamic horse equipment, 98
Islamic riding school, 100
Issus, battle of, 19, 42, 45, 333
Italian horses, 58
Italian seat, 324
Italian wars of independence, 231
Italy, 55, 56, 64, 131, 132, 172, 195, 334
Japan, 134, 334
javelins, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 19, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 39, 44, 53, 56, 62, 63, 65, 68, 86
Jebe, 141, 142
jeep, 334, 335
Jerusalem, 100, 101, 105, 311, 327–329
Jin, 133–136
Julian the Apostate, 65, 73
Kabarda, 320, 380
Kadan, 144, 145, 146
Kadesh, battle of, 10–14
Karabakh, 320
Kazakhstan, 21
Khwarazm Empire, 123, 134
Kiev, Russia, 124, 144
Kikkuli, 5
Kilpatrick, Judson, 246, 248–250, 252–254
Kitchener, Herbert, 290, 291, 295, 302
knight, 83–86, 88–90, 94, 95, 101–104, 107–109, 145, 169, 336, 351 Konik pony, 122, 344
Korea, 134, 149
Kublai Khan, 134, 149
Kurds, 99
laager, 75, 131, 146, 147, 300
lance, 17, 28, 36, 37, 39, 42, 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 83, 85, 86, 92, 94, 95, 100, 101, 113, 126, 137, 138, 140, 152–154, 157, 176, 199–201, 224, 225, 237, 257, 273, 298, 314–317, 328; heavy lance, 56, 83, 86, 113, 152, 153; light lance 83; see also, contus, sarissa
lancer, lancers, 152, 157, 195, 198–202, 212, 219, 224, 225, 237, 257, 259, 260, 295, 300, 304, 315, 318, 320, 328, 330, 331
Latin America, 351
Lawrence, T. E., 332
Lee, Robert E., 245–253
Lee-Enfield rifle, 294, 298, 299, 315
legion cavalry, 52, 55
Leuthen, battle of, 190
levee en masse, 193, 231
Libyan horses, 57, 58
light cavalry, 21, 40, 44, 56, 65, 95, 137, 153, 157, 158, 160, 162–164, 170, 175, 178–181, 183, 195–198, 203, 212, 214, 215, 219, 225, 227, 235, 243, 259, 264, 266
Lincoln, Abraham, 244, 248
line cavalry, 157, 164, 179, 345
line formation, 166, 203
Lipizzaner breed, 168, 347, 348
Little Bighorn, battle of the, 274, 286, 288
Lobositz, battle of, 166
logistics, 20, 29, 31, 36, 78, 124, 134, 135, 138, 141, 149, 185, 194, 240, 247, 285, 295, 300, 342, 343
longbow, 87, 88, 112, 111, 114, 115
Longstreet, James, 247
loss of horses, 47, 112, 207, 208, 217, 245, 260, 284, 301–307, 327, 344
Louis XIII, 159, 160
Louis XVIII, 218, 267
Lusitano, battle of, 168
Lützen, battle of, 168, 177–183
Luxemburg, 63
Macedonia, 18, 29, 37, 38, 40, 48, 50
Macedonian cavalry, 38–46
machine gun, 296, 309, 311, 328, 349, 352
mail, see armor
Mamluks, 95–97
manuals, 152, 168, 172, 174, 175, 213, 239, 243
Marathon, battle of, 29, 34
Marco Polo, 118, 126
Mardonius, 19, 30–33
mares, 2, 21, 58, 90, 96, 97, 124, 209, 263, 322, 346–348
Mariyannu, 5, 6
marksmanship, 130, 297, 298, 308, 315
Marlborough, Duke of, 165, 171, 173, 193, 202
Martel, Charles, 80, 89
matchlock, 151, 152
Mauser rifle, 293, 299, 301, 315, 339
mechanized armies, 149
mechanized forces, 340
Medes, 17, 18
Medieval armies, 84, 98, 110
Medieval cavalry, 87, 100, 155, 191
Medieval Middle East, 93, 100
medium cavalry, 195, 196, 198, 203
Megara, battle of, 31
men-at-arms, 82–89, 93, 94, 104, 105, 107–115, 145, 153; see also, knight
Merritt, Wesley, 251, 254, 283, 284
Mesopotamia, 3, 4, 6, 45, 64, 73, 97
Middle East, 2, 6, 8, 15, 17–19, 28, 29, 35, 57, 65, 73, 80, 81, 93–97, 100, 123, 126–128, 134, 149, 309, 319, 322, 323, 327, 328
Milan, Italy, 88, 131
military equitation, 215, 267
military seat, 215, 243, 326, 355
Minden, battle of, 165
missile weapons, 36, 37, 65, 72, 106, 115
Mitanni, 4–6, 15, 17
mobility, horse, 103, 149, 295, 309, 334, 340, 349, 350
modern horse breeds, 2, 21, 22, 333, 344
modern pony, 8
Mollwitz, battle of, 165, 174
Mongol army, 96, 120, 121–124, 132–135, 137–141, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149
Mongol cavalry, 99, 123, 125, 126, 140, 141, 143, 148, 160
Mongol Empire, 120, 134, 149
Mongol heavy cavalry, 146
Mongol horsemen, 120, 142, 216
Mongol horses, 21, 124, 141
Mongolia, 21, 116, 122, 123, 133, 142, 148, 344
Mongolian draw, 118
Mongolian horses, 122, 123, 127, 139, 320, 344
Mongols, 120–125, 132–136, 139–149, 312, 344
Moors, 90, 99
Morocco, 266
Moscow, Russia, 143, 208, 342
motorization, 309, 334–336, 339–342
mounted archer, 24, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 78, 85, 89, 95, 101, 102, 104, 126, 128, 132
mounted charge, 63, 82, 106, 202, 254, 255, 286, 318
mounted forces, 4, 56, 74, 76, 82, 115, 116, 126, 158, 162, 239, 271, 281, 289, 290, 292, 296–298, 300–302, 306, 310, 322, 328, 333, 335, 336, 340, 348, 351, 353–355
mounted formations, 80, 228, 327
mounted infantry, 160, 163, 196, 278, 292, 297, 298, 301, 305, 342
mounted operations, 239, 297, 304, 306, 351, 353
mounted rifleman, 233, 290, 293, 306
mounted troops, 135, 171, 297, 299, 328, 393
mounted warfare, 28, 82, 100, 123
mounted warrior, 29, 34, 64, 78, 85–88, 91, 153, 276, 280
mouth bit, 8
Murat, Joachim, 197, 208, 215
musket, 1, 150–152, 154, 156, 159, 162, 178, 179, 182, 189–191, 198, 201, 203, 206, 222, 227, 228, 231, 234, 254, 276; rifle musket, 232, 238, 262
musket formations, 152
musketeers, 154, 178, 179–181
Muslim armies, 81, 95, 98, 105
Muslim cavalry, 89, 95, 104
mustang, 276, 353
Muwatallish 11, 13
Napoleon Bonaparte, 49, 136, 193–197, 200–203, 207–209, 212, 214, 218–222, 224, 226, 228, 229, 257, 269, 313
Napoleonic cavalry, 194, 199, 203, 206, 218
natural aids, 24, 62, 99
Nazareth, 101, 330
New England, 5, 240
New Mexico, 271, 272, 275
New South Wales horse, 321
New Zealand, 290, 292, 297, 328, 329, 332, 333
New Zealand Mounted Division, 328, 332
Ney, Michel, 218, 219, 226–229
Nez Perce, 272, 273, 276–279, 285, 350
Nineveh, 17
Nisaean horse type, 22, 67
nomadic tribes, 2, 116
nonbattle injuries, 207, 217
Noriker heavy horse, 2
Normans, 81
Norse horse, 2, 58
North Africa, 57, 97–99
Norwegian Fjord pony, 2
noseband, 3, 8, 125
Numidians, 57, 62
Ogedei Khan, 123, 134, 142
Olympic games, 36, 355, 356
onager, 8
operational level, 19, 78, 105, 138, 183, 190, 292
Orange Free State, 290, 291, 294
overloading, 216, 217
/> Pakistan, 47, 65
Palestine, 14, 64, 69, 81, 96, 310, 317, 323, 327, 329, 333
palfrey, 91, 108
Panje, 344
Pappenheim, Gottfried Graf zu, 178, 181–183
Parthian, Parthians, 57, 58, 64–67, 69, 70–73, 97
Parthian shot, 66
partisans, 336, 338, 340, 351
Patton, George, 347
pavise, 109
Pazyryk horse, 22
Pepin, 80
Percheron horse, 169
Persia, Persian Empire, 17–25, 28–35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 45–47, 56, 64–66, 78, 97, 116, 126, 127, 130
Persian archers, 31, 32, 44
Persian army 19–21, 29, 30–33, 44–47
Persian cavalry 18, 19, 22, 24, 31–33, 36, 39, 44, 46, 47
Persian horses, 20, 21
personal relationship with horses, 217
peytral, 39, 94, 138
phalanx, 19, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46
Philip II, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43
Philip VI, 106, 108, 112, 113
Piber Breeding Herd, 348
Pike, Zebulon, 276
pike, 150–157, 179, 182, 191
pike and musket infantry formations, 154, 156, 178
pike formations 152, 154, 179
pikemen, 115, 153
pistol, 150, 152–160, 163–165, 168, 169, 174–176, 178, 181–184, 188, 190, 198, 201, 203, 234–236, 252, 254, 258, 273, 282, 318, 339; see also, revolver
pistol charge, 182, 235
Plains Indian Wars, 271, 272, 281, 282, 289, 306, 307
Plataea, battle of, 19, 22, 29–35, 37, 64, 96
Pleasonton, Alfred, 245–248
Poitiers, battle of, 82, 89, 115
Poland, 144–146, 170, 171, 200, 207, 209, 309, 335, 336, 344
police horses, 354, 355
Polish army, 144, 145
Polish cavalry, 145, 200
Polish Lancers, 199, 200, 212
pony herd, 278, 285
Portugal, 168
posting, 55, 173
Pretoria, South Africa, 291, 299
professional breeders, 209
professional infantry, 84
propaganda, 345
Prussia, Prussians, 162, 175, 167, 183–191, 200, 208, 212, 219, 221, 226, 229, 231, 255–261, 263, 265, 336, 346
Prussian army, 161, 166, 170, 174, 218, 221, 228, 261
Prussian cavalry, 164–167, 174, 186, 188–191, 256–259, 263
Przewalski horse, 2, 3, 122, 123, 127
psychological effect of horses, 111, 236, 238, 316, 342, 343; loss of on soldiers, 318
quirt, 279
quiver, 4, 66, 118
quriltai, 133, 136
racehorses, 209
raids, 54, 65, 82, 128, 136, 142, 149, 164, 237, 240, 255, 268, 274, 280, 291, 294, 301
railroad, 231, 284, 292, 331
rally, 12, 25, 84, 96, 204, 219, 239, 259, 294
Ramses II, 11, 12
reconnaissance, 41, 52, 67, 70, 78, 106, 133, 136–139, 141, 142, 146, 148, 164, 237, 249, 255, 260, 300, 310, 332, 335, 336, 338, 341, 354