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War Horse

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by Louis A. DiMarco


  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

 

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