Red Army, 338, 343, 346, 349
Reed, Charles Hancock “Hank,” 347
reins, 8, 9, 16, 23, 24–28, 39, 62, 92, 96, 111, 213, 214, 243, 279, 280, 325
reiters, 152–155, 157, 158, 335
remount system, 20, 100, 136, 175, 207–209, 215, 241, 262–266, 268, 287, 301, 302, 303, 318, 319, 322, 323, 333, 343, 344, 347, 348, 356, 357
remounts, 20, 136, 138, 170, 207–210, 219, 241, 245, 263–265, 286–289, 302–304, 344, 355
repeating carbine, 241, 282, 351
repeating rifles, 274
replacement of horses, 195; see also, remount system
revolver, 234, 235, 258, 268, 282; see also pistol
Rezonville, battle of, 259, 261
rider’s body, 24, 59, 86, 92, 99
rider’s fear, horse sensing of, 205
riding master, 174, 176
riding style, 62, 173, 324, 326, 333, 344
rodeo, 36, 353
Roman army, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 62, 64, 67, 69, 70–77, 78, 114, 128, 130, 131
Roman cavalry, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 61–63, 67–69, 73, 75–77, 85, 87, 90
Roman Empire, 54, 57, 58, 84, 86, 89, 114, 121, 128, 131, 132
Roman horses, 77
Romania, 334
Rossbach, battle of, 166, 183, 185–187, 190, 191, 215
rouncy, 91
royal breed, 263
Royal Stud, 22, 171, 208, 263
Rush’s Lancers, 237
Russia, Russians, 21, 81, 142–144, 149, 184, 200, 208, 258, 267, 311, 312, 314, 315, 319–321, 326, 334, 336–341, 343, 346, 350
Russian cavalry, 267, 311–315, 319–321, 324, 379
Russian Revolution, 333, 337
Russo-Turkish War, 267
saber, 156–160, 165, 174, 188, 198, 199, 201, 202, 224, 227, 234–237, 239, 243, 254, 257, 268, 282, 314–318, 339, 342, 343
Sacred Band, 43
saddle, 125; American Indian saddle, 280;
army saddle, 177, 266, 323, 341; combat saddle, 94, 175; construction, 99; design, 175, 176, 212; first framed saddle, 125; four-horned saddle 94; framed saddle, 58, 60, 78, 91, 125, 279, 280; heavy cavalry saddle, 212; Hungarian saddle, 242; hussar saddle, 212; invention of, 24; light cavalry saddle, 212; McClellan saddle, 242, 243, 267, 280, 282, 353; Medieval saddle, 92, 94, 176; Mexican pack saddle, 280; modern saddle, 61; Mongol saddle, 125; Napoleonic period cavalry saddle, 211; pad saddle 279, 280; Roman saddle, 58, 60, 61; saddle blanket, 23, 99, 211; saddle tree, 280; unframed saddle, 58; Universal Pattern saddle, 177, 211, 212, 323; western saddle, 176; wooden frame saddle, 59, 176, 279, 324; wooden tree, 99
Saladin, 81, 96, 100–105, 115, 351
Salamis, 29, 30
Saracen Faris, 95
Saracens, 88
sarissa lance, 38, 39, 44
Sarmatian cavalry, 128
Sarmatians, 91, 116, 121, 124, 127, 128, 130
Sassanian, Sassanians, 54, 58, 65–67, 72–74, 98
Sassanid, 97
Saumur, 266–268, 326
Saxe-Hildburghausen, Joseph of, 184–189
Saxon England, 81
Saxony, 177, 183, 184, 264
scabbard, 298
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 169
scouts, scouting, 12, 21, 35, 52, 62, 67, 70, 75, 99, 108, 139, 140, 145–147, 153, 160, 163, 178, 186, 195, 196, 247, 250, 278, 283–285, 292, 298, 300, 302, 307
Scythia, Scythians, 17, 18, 20, 21, 35, 46, 116, 118, 121, 126–128, 130
Scythian horse, 21
Sea People, 14, 15
security screen, 140
Sedan, battle of, 261
selective breeding, 8, 58
Seleucid, 64
Seven Years’ War, 151, 164, 166, 213
Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm von, 165, 166, 174, 186–189, 190, 191, 215, 267, 357
shabraque, 176, 177, 200
shashka, 315, 316, 339, 345
Sheng dynasty, 4
Sheridan, Philip, 261, 268
shield, 9, 12, 16, 19, 25, 31, 50, 53, 61, 62, 66, 71, 72, 76, 83, 87, 88, 92, 95, 108–110, 113, 120
shield man, 16
shield wall, 108
shock effect of horses, 7, 14, 113, 151, 165, 183, 184, 202, 268, 273, 316, 317, 339, 342, 349, 350; see also, psychological effect of horses
shortage of horses, 208, 209, 312
short sword, 17, 50, 53, 120
show jumping, 355
sick horses, 217, 304
siege equipment, 133, 137, 142
small arms, 316, 348, 349, 351, 352
snaffle bit, 8, 16, 17, 23, 25–28, 37, 39, 98, 125, 126, 213, 324, 353
South Africa, 258, 266, 269, 270, 290, 295, 297, 298, 301–303, 305, 306, 319
South African horse, 296, 302
Southern cavalry, 232–235, 237, 239, 240, 243, 246, 249, 254; see also, Confederate cavalry
Soviet cavalry, 324, 338, 339, 342–346, 348, 349
Soviet “Cossack” cavalry, 345
Spain, 52, 58, 62–64, 69, 81, 89, 90, 93, 98, 99, 168, 195, 196, 204, 218, 220
Spanish American War, 282
Spanish horsemanship, 63
Spanish horses, 57, 90, 98, 168, 169, 275
Spanish Riding School, 168, 347, 348
Sparta, Spartans, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 127
spatha sword, 53, 61, 68
spear, 19, 37, 38, 42, 71, 96
Special Forces, 352, 353
speed and mobility, 54, 299, 334; see also, mobility, horse
spurs 24, 95, 111, 124, 167, 176, 230, 279, 313, 326, 345; prick spurs, 95
square formation 41, 70
St. Cyr, 266
stakes, 113, 114
stallion, 21, 58, 90, 92, 96, 97, 124, 168, 171, 208–210, 263, 319, 346, 347, 353
steppe horse, 35, 116, 117, 120, 122, 124, 125, 133, 141, 149, 321, 344, 352
stirrup, 83, 91, 92, 94, 99, 100, 111, 118, 121, 125, 134, 140, 167, 173, 174, 176, 215, 242, 266, 280, 324–326, 346, 353
straight blade, advantage of, 158, 198; see also, sword
strategic level, 134, 138, 190, 240
Stuart, J.E.B., 246–250, 253, 255
stud farms, 8, 20–22, 208, 344, 346
submachine gun 339
Subotai, 133, 139, 141–143, 147–149
Suppililiuma, 5
Sweden, 159, 160, 168, 184
Swedish cavalry, 157, 160, 171, 178–180, 183
Swedish Warmblood, 171
Swiss army, 354, 381
sword, 17, 28, 36, 37, 42, 50, 53, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 82, 85, 86, 95, 96, 111, 112, 120, 129, 137, 143, 152, 154, 156–163, 167, 178, 181, 188, 191, 198–201, 234, 257, 272, 298, 299, 315, 328, 345; straight sword, 53, 68, 158, 162, 163
sword-armed cavalry, 157
swordsmanship, 63
Syria 11, 45, 64, 65, 69, 73, 96, 128, 134, 209, 380, 382
tactical mobility, 5, 60, 105, 140, 334, 351
Tajikistan, 116
tanks, 334, 338, 340–342, 349, 352, 354
Taqi al-Din, 103, 104
Tarpan breed, 122
telegraph, 231, 284
Templars, 102–104, 145
tent-pegging, 257
Theodoric, 131
Thermopylae, battle of, 29, 30
Thessalian cavalry, 35, 40, 44, 45, 47
Thessaly, Thessalians, 29, 30, 35–38, 40–42, 44–47, 50, 57
thigh-high boots, 161
Thirty Years War, 150, 154, 156–159, 170
Thoroughbred breed, 209–211, 263, 264, 301, 302, 319, 320, 322, 344, 348, 356
Thrace, 38, 52, 74, 76, 77, 128, 129
Tiglath-Pilser III, 16
Tigris River 16, 17, 45, 73
Tilly, Johann Tserclaes, count von, 170
Tito, 338
total war, 285, 346
tournament, 83, 88, 90, 91, 153
training horses, 25, 206, 303
trains, 29, 153, 253, 271, 291, 292, 296, 303, 331
Trakehner breed, 263–265, 346, 34
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Transvaal, 290, 291, 294, 297
Treaty of Versailles, 335
tricorner hat, 161, 201
trip holes, 108, 111, 113, 114
trot, 24, 28, 60, 83, 111, 154, 156, 164–167, 173, 182–184, 187, 202, 205, 206, 215, 227, 243, 264, 284, 324, 344
Tunisia, 266
Turan Flats, 21
Turenne, 157
Turkey, 38, 64, 311, 327, 332
Turkish army, 331, 332
Turkoman horse, 22
Tutankhamen, 6
type 1 horse, 2, 3, 58, 59, 121, 122
type 2 horse, 2, 3, 58, 59
type 3 horse, 2, 3, 21, 23, 97, 122
type 4 horse, 2, 3, 21, 97
U.S. cavalry, 211, 234, 241, 242, 267, 268, 272, 285, 286, 340, 350, 356
U.S. Cavalry School, 211, 268
uhlan, 200, 258, 311
Ukraine, 2, 144, 170, 312, 313
unarmored cavalry horses, 93
ungroomed horses, 245
uniforms, 23, 159, 161, 196, 199, 243, 256, 268, 282, 293, 294, 311, 313, 316, 322, 356
Union cavalry, 200, 232–237, 239–248, 250, 251, 253–255, 281
United States, 232, 240, 266, 270, 271, 275, 279, 301, 303, 326, 334, 348, 352
Ur, 3, 5, 6, 8
Urals, 142, 348
Urartu, 16, 20, 21, 126
Uruk, 3
Uzbekistan, 65
Valens, 56, 64, 74–76
Valerian, 65, 73
veterinarian, 213, 216, 217, 264, 288, 304, 347
veterinary care, 61, 122, 217, 264, 267, 304, 305, 327, 333, 351 Visigoths, 90, 131
voice commands, 3
Volga River, 143, 148
Waler horse, 302, 321–323
walk, 24, 28, 83, 112, 167, 202, 206, 215, 228, 284
Wallenstein, Albrecht von, 177–180, 182, 183
warmblood, 169, 171, 208, 259, 263, 315, 319, 343, 346
Warnery, Charles Emmanuel de, 166, 167
wars of German unification, 231, 255
Waterloo, battle of, 203, 204, 206, 211, 214, 217–220, 223, 225, 226, 229, 267
wedge formation, 41
weight distribution, 99, 211
Wellington, Duke of, 204, 205, 215, 217–221, 228
Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, 146
Western Roman Empire, 54, 84, 129, 131, 132
Westphalia, Germany, 169, 170
wheeling, 104, 108, 128, 164
wheellock, 153, 155, 158
whip, 3, 279, 326
White Russian, 337
wild horses, 122, 276
World War I, 172, 199, 211, 269, 308, 309, 311–314, 317–319, 321–327, 333–335, 337, 348
World War II, 263, 309, 320, 324, 333, 334, 338, 339, 341, 343–351, 356
Xenophon, 21, 24, 28, 39, 61, 324
Xerxes, 22, 29, 30, 352
yeomanry cavalry, 292, 297, 298, 304, 305, 328
Yuan dynasty, 116, 120
Yugoslavia, 338, 340
Acknowledgments
This book could not have been written without the help of many people. Important assistance came from the staff of the U.S. Army’s Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Their help in accessing the library’s collection of military history works and especially the special collection of rare texts and complete volumes of the British and American cavalry journals was essential to my research and photo choices. Several horse breeders who specialize in rare breeds gave me the benefit of pictures and their expertise regarding the unique breed characteristics. These include Jessica Eile-Keith of KaraKum Akhal-Tekes; Peter Klandermans of the Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse; Victoria Tollman of Brough Hill Fell Ponies and Tachara Caspians; and Joyce Covington of the Caspian Horse Society of the Americas. Several individuals were important to obtaining the unique pictures that represent the military horse and rider through the centuries: Nigel Apperley provided the excellent depictions of the Roman cavalry; Jasper Oorthuys contributed the pictures of Roman gravesites; John Garretson of the International Horse Archer Festival made available the superb pictures representing the Mongol horse archers; and Jerry Todd of the 1st Maine and Mark Sopko of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry provided excellent photos of Civil War reenactor cavalry in action. Joyce DiMarco, holder of German national riding badge in bronze, and Sallie Spenard, U.S. Dressage Federation gold medal rider, provided technical expertise on a variety of horse subjects as well as riding styles and techniques. Finally, a great deal of the ideas and concepts discussed within this book were first broached at the online forum of the Society of the Military Horse. The Society represents probably the single most knowledgeable assembly of experts on all aspects of the military horse. Finally, my greatest appreciation is to Pat Holscher of the Society of the Military Horse. Pat was irreplaceable in his role as critical reader, commenter, and motivator.
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