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Il Is sid 81 GA. Dean, the Efenek t!isar
despatched ~ Danube n order "A 81
anime into ia t6n1i,ion a. ike Inr|zl \ s.
M, that While ia inIantry are rronlsing
10 e ne1, al cavalry nre quite inel6 Sent
TO h1It ftil lS6<tsd ~ "a arm Of tt2 xers
nee xf'Hk Bik .1.e The fnesl ID the World.
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tbs magnihc6ht Aasalry "a charge III M
to the very batteries and there il one II.
stance On record 10 which : troop lsaped !
ditch, broke into 4 phalanx Of iniantrT. and
cut down several thousands. Until within
the last Century the Turkish horsomen were
regarded as almost invincible. No body q
mounted seldiery anywhere had such skill
IN arms and in the management Of their
horses were 50 proud and confident: o.
could point to trophies won in so many bat.
| ties
But with the introduction Of discipline in
to European armies the Turkish cavalry be-
gan TO lsso their superiority The credit Of
first demonstrating in modern times, how
much more reliable regular cavalry was to
irregular, belongs to Oliver Cromwell. I'm.
tll that successful soldier established his
corps Of ItSnsides, the mounted cavaliers ST
Prince Rupert we're eonsidered inyincible.
Composed as they were, Of the gentry, al
ways an Athletic race in England, and Of the
better sort Df the peasantry, q race only less
athletic, t5ey formed bedy Of irregular
cavalry, which, for skill in horsemansEip for
metal, aud for muscular strength, havA rare
ly been equalled. The earlier Parlialnenta-
~ dragons, made up, as they chiefly were.
OF young Londoners unaccustomed to the
saddle, ceald not stand before these dashino
horsemen.. Oliver Cromwell set about 10
remedy this, By mAtching the cavaliers with
horsemen As bold and skilful, and who shenld
in condition, be able to mannuyre moro har-
moniously and fight moro Compactly. He
selected, accordingly, the sons Of Puritan
yeemen, and hayingfdiseiplined them thor.
oughly, proved the Correctness Of his views
in the very FIRST battle, BY crushing Rupert's
cavaliers Ike potter's vessel
From thai time regular dragons supplant-
ed irregular cavalry in all the armies III wes-
tern Europa Horsemsn were taught to
move in sold line, to charge ia cc,upaot
body, and te keep together even after yicto.
~ in shortsto he, in the bands Of their com
mander, what even the most spirited horse
himself shoeld be in the hands Of the rider.
an obedieDb machine. But meantime. the
fame Of the Turkish cavalry, Ehe caeaiRsfsl
n n hyperion hyperion even to the western regulars
This suspicion gathered fierce from the sne-
eesses ofthe Turkish cavalry over their Hun
garian neighbofs, Who held . high repsta-
ton, and wcie considered regulars, though
ii reality bit half disciplined. Il was re-
served for Napoleon, however, TO demon
strate that {vsn the best Of the Turkish
hersemen, TIE famous Mamelukes, could MOI
stand befors:the French Dragons i found
in Egypt Ii said at st. Helena, that sim
gle MamsluEe could often keep At bay ccu-
Die Of FrenAhmen, and that two could GER
tainly overcome three, but when il cane to
question 81 large bodies on each side, then
q thousand Frendh horsemen could drive
two thousaad MSnelukes The latter be
added, fought best Singly the former in .
body y;
The present Turkish cavalry are neither
dashing irregulars, such as they once were
nor well-disliplined drogoens like the horse
men of Western Europe. The short stir
4 rups has been discarded, and the lance sub
A stituted for the seimetar. In the attempl
to remedy tho evils Of the old system, wha
was good has been lost without obtaining
any Of the advantages desired. At leas
such il the statement Of Gel Dean, and Q
other competent judges The men arepoo
riders, and lilly disciplined soldiers. The
III would not stand q moment ibefore'a charg
Of the British Horse Guards, or probabl
even before an assault Of Honyeds froI
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