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Index
á la sauvage, 202
Adolphus, Gustavus, 156, 157–160, 168, 170, 177–179, 183
Adrianople, battle of, 64, 74–77, 80, 128, 350
advance guard, 145, 146, 164, 185–187, 189, 250
advantage of speed, 203
Aëtius, Flavius, 131
Afghanistan, 1, 20, 21, 47, 64, 65, 352–354
Afrikaner horses, 295
Agincourt, battle of, 82, 113–115
air forces, 1, 329, 342, 353
aircraft, 309, 339, 352
Akhal-Teke breed, 2, 22, 23, 57, 67, 97, 126
alae, Roman cavalry, 51–54, 58, 59, 67, 68, 70, 72–74, 78, 128
Alans, 124, 125, 128
Alexander the Great, 22, 37, 39, 44, 49, 64, 78, 167, 333, 350, 352
Algeria, 266
Allenby, Edmund, 311, 327–329, 332, 333
American Civil War, 151, 231, 232, 234, 236, 238, 241, 243, 245, 255, 257, 262, 268, 271, 281, 289, 302, 303, 306, 307, 316, 327
American Indians, 270–272, 274
American Indian bow, 273
American Indian horses, 278, 281
ammunition, 8, 165, 216, 234, 252, 254, 271, 293, 294, 298, 313
Anatolia, 6, 17, 18, 44, 45, 64, 97, 128
Andalusian breed, 100, 168, 169
antiguerrilla operations, 298, 300
antihorse obstacles, 114; see also, caltrops, ditch, stakes, trip holes
antipartisan operations, 340, 341
Appaloosa breed, 276–279
Appaloosa Horse Club, 278
Arabian breed, 5, 65, 70, 97–99, 100, 168, 209, 210, 263, 320, 332
Arabs, 70, 319, 332, 348
archers, English, 109–114
archery, 6, 10, 31, 36, 54, 55, 96, 111, 116, 121, 125, 127, 130, 143
Armenia, Armenian, 20, 21, 64, 65, 69, 70, 128
Armenian horse, 21
armor, 6, 9, 17, 19–21, 25, 35, 37, 39, 42, 53, 54, 56, 64–67, 70–72, 76, 78, 83, 86–88, 90, 91–95, 102, 109, 110, 113, 118, 120, 130, 137, 138, 151–153, 155, 157–161, 163, 169, 175, 178–180, 195, 198, 201, 273, 316, 342, 349; lamellar armor, 65–67, 95, 137, 138; mail, 53, 83, 87, 93, 95, 110; mail cloak, 54, 66; mail coat, 12, 87; mail coif, 95; mail shirt, 50; mail suit, 56; plate armor, 56, 87, 88, 93, 94, 152, 153, 158, 159, 178; scale armor, 6, 9, 17, 54, 66, 67; scale mail, 6, 95; see also, horse armor
arrow, 12, 25, 31, 32, 44, 65, 66, 70–72, 88–90, 95, 96, 103, 104, 109–112, 117, 118, 129, 138, 140, 144–147, 270
Artavasdes, 69
artillery, 137, 147, 150–153, 164, 166, 178–180, 182, 183, 186, 187, 189, 190–192, 194, 196, 197, 201–203, 206, 207, 220–222, 224, 225, 227–229, 250–252, 254–256, 258, 260, 261, 265, 271, 293, 294, 305, 306, 309, 311, 318, 328, 329, 333, 335, 338, 339, 342, 343, 352
Ashurbanipal, 17
Ashurnasipal II, 16
Asian horses, 57, 121, 122
Assyria, Assyrians, 15–20, 38, 58, 116, 126
Assyrian cavalry, 16, 17
Assyrian chariots, 16
Athens, Greece, 30, 32, 35–37
athleticism, horses, 22, 23, 169
attacking the flank, 43
Attila, 120, 125, 130–132; see also, Huns
Austerlitz, battle of, 195
Australia, Australians, 5, 292, 297, 298, 319, 321–323
Australian colonial unit, 290
Australian horses, 322
Australian Mounted Division, 323, 328
Austria, Austrians, 148, 162, 168, 170, 183, 184, 188, 190, 194, 197, 200, 201, 207, 230, 314, 315, 317, 318, 327, 338
Austrian cavalry, 171, 188, 190, 194, 197, 199, 203, 205, 212, 230, 239, 314, 315
Austro-Prussian War, 232, 255
automotive technology, 334, 339, 349, 351
auxiliary cavalry, 70
Ayn Jalut, 96
Ayyubid, 96, 101
Azerbaijan, 320
Babylon, Babylonia, 17, 18, 21, 45, 64
Bactria, 20, 21, 46, 352
Baidar, 144–146
balanced seat, 100, 125
Balian d’Ibelin, 102, 104, 105
Balkans, 38, 55, 148, 339, 354
bandolier, 293, 298
bannerette knight, 85
Barb breed, 57, 97–99, 168, 171, 209, 266
barbed wire, 318, 340
bareback, 16, 17, 38, 39, 60, 100, 126, 279
basic training, horsemanship, 88, 287, 289
Battle of Hastings, 86, 87
battle wagon, 3–8
battle-winning arm, 161, 164, 166, 218, 230
battlefield mobility,
339
Batu Khan, 142–144, 146–148
Baucher, Francois, 267, 268
Bavaria, 149, 177
Bayeux Tapestry, 86, 87, 90, 92
bayonet, 152, 166, 191, 200, 205, 218, 223, 224, 298, 299, 315, 328
Bedouin, 97–99
Beersheba, battle of, 309, 311, 328, 329 Bela IV 144, 146–148
Belgian cavalry, 267
Belgium, 63, 131, 218, 220, 221
Berber, 98
Bismarck, Otto von, 261
bit, 2, 8, 23, 25–28, 125, 241–243, 325, 360; Roman bit, 62; see also, curb bit, bridoon, snaffle
Black Sea, 2, 17, 126–128, 313, 321
Blenheim, battle of, 165
Bloemfontein, battle of, 291
Blücher, Gebhard, von, 218, 221, 226
Boeotia, 30, 35, 39
Boer commandos, 294, 300, 306, 340
Boer War, 289–291, 298, 301–308, 310, 315, 316, 322, 327
Boers, 270, 290–301, 306, 307
Borodino, battle of, 203
bowman, 9, 65, 66
bows, 6–10, 14, 36, 54, 72, 78, 95, 96, 116, 117, 119, 120, 125, 139, 140
box formation, 151
breeches, 53, 295
breechloading carbine, 236, 257
breechloading rifle, 231, 257, 258, 262, 274
breeding, 97, 98, 278; breeding programs, 89, 167
Breitenfeld, battle of, 170, 177
bridle, 38, 62, 125, 159, 167, 211, 213, 241, 243, 266, 280, 296, 355; see also, double bridle
bridoon, 213
British cavalry, 165, 173, 197, 200, 204, 209–211, 213–217, 219, 220, 222–224, 226, 229, 257, 258, 267, 294, 295, 297, 298–305, 308, 310, 315, 316, 322, 323, 327
British chariots, 63
British Desert Mounted Corps, 317
broadsword, 86
Bronco, 286
Bronze Age, 4, 11
bronze bit, 8
Bucephalas, 38
Budapest, Hungary, 209, 337
buff coat, 159, 179
Buffalo Soldiers, 281
Buford, John, 241, 246–253, 351
bullets, 152, 239, 320
Byerley Turk, 209
Byzantium, Byzantines, 57, 80, 88
Caesar, Julius, 52, 53, 58, 63, 64, 67, 69, 70
caltrops, 114
camels, 96, 97, 103
Canaan, 4, 11
Canada, 272, 278, 292
Cannae, battle of, 183, 389
canter, 17, 24, 60, 83, 118, 140, 173, 202, 324, 355
caparison, 93, 113
Caprilli, Federico, 324–326, 355
Caprilli riding method, 326
capriole, 174
captured horses, 20, 196
carabinier, 157, 160, 195–197, 220, 228
caracole, 154–158
carbine, 150, 158–160, 162, 163, 169, 175, 196, 198, 203, 234, 236, 237, 240, 241, 243, 250–252, 255, 257, 258, 262, 268, 274, 282, 286, 298, 299, 301, 314, 315, 351; Sharps carbine, 236, 237, 251, 257, 274, 282; Spencer carbine, 236, 237, 241, 251, 282; Springfield carbine, 282, 286
care of horses, 304
Carolingian Empire, 80, 81, 91
Carpathian pony, 344
Carrhae, battle of, 65, 69, 71–73
Carthage, Carthaginians, 57, 62
cartridges, 169, 235, 236, 282
Caspian breed, 2, 21, 23, 57, 65, 67, 97
Caspian Sea, 21, 126, 128, 142
castles, 81
cataphract, cataphractii, 54, 56, 65, 66, 70–73, 78
catapult, 136, 137, 143, 146, 147
Caucasus Mountains, 2, 19, 128, 313, 320, 337
Cavalry Bureau, U.S., 241
cavalry charge, 37, 66, 77, 82, 83, 110, 140, 141, 197, 200, 202, 203, 205–207, 222, 229, 238, 239, 252, 260, 262, 311, 318, 343, 349, 351, 355
cavalry formations, 19, 29, 33, 41, 42, 53, 132, 150, 152, 166, 175, 180, 192, 196, 197, 220, 227, 262, 310, 326, 340, 349
cavalry organization, 35, 56, 157, 162, 194, 196, 256, 312
cavalry patrols, 340
cavalry raid, 32, 240, 255
cavalry reserve, 55, 113, 165, 188, 195–197, 202, 203, 208, 219–221, 226, 229, 256, 312, 317
cavalry schools, 267, 268, 327
cavalry scouts, 21
cavalry tactics, 36, 63, 67, 151, 154, 156, 164, 173, 202, 262, 316
Celtic pony, 2, 58, 122
Celtic tribes, 62, 63, 69
center of gravity, horse’s, 7, 24, 28, 325
Central Asian horse, 2, 21, 97, 123
Chaeronea, battle of, 40, 42
chain mail, 53, 65, 83, 86–88, 93, 95, 110, 120; see also, armor
chamfron, 39, 54, 67, 93, 94, 138; see also, horse armor
charge, see cavalry charge
chariot, 2–16, 21, 22, 45–47, 57; four-wheeled chariot, 4; heavy chariot, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16; scythed chariots, 45, 46; war chariot, 3, 6
chariot runners, 10, 13, 14
chariot system, 3, 14, 16
chariot warfare, 2, 5, 6, 9–11
charioteers, 5, 8–10, 12, 13, 15, 63, 64
Charlemagne, 80, 84
Charles II, 171
Charles VIII, 150
chasseurs, 195–198, 203, 218, 259, 261, 266, 311
Chasseurs a Cheval, 196, 197
chasseurs d’Afrique, 261, 266
Chauvel, Harry, 328, 332, 333, 351
Chemnitz, Bogislaus Philip von, 156, 157
chevauchée, 81, 82, 106, 115
China, 4, 21, 120, 123, 133, 134, 136, 142, 149, 334
chivalry, 90, 114, 152, 154
classic seat, 215
classical equitation, 172
classical high school, 243, 267, 268
clibanarii, 56
Cob horse, 301, 302, 304
coldblood horse, 58, 169, 171
combined arms, 43, 72, 115, 194, 201, 203
command and control, 77, 83, 108, 134, 135, 138, 197, 342
communists, 320, 337
companion cavalry, 40, 42,–44, 46, 47, 68
composite bow, 7, 8, 16, 39, 66, 101, 115–120, 126, 130, 132, 137, 351
compound bows, 139, 273
Confederate cavalry, 239, 248, 249; see also, Southern cavalry conformation, 98, 126, 168
conquistadors, 98
Constantine, 55, 56
Constantinople, 57, 80, 131
contus lance, 54, 60, 68
Corinth, 30
Cossack cavalry, 216, 312–314, 316, 337, 338, 345; see also, Soviet “Cossack” cavalry
Cossacks, 164, 196, 203, 215, 267, 311, 315, 318–321, 324, 326, 336, 338–341, 344–346, 348, 351
Count Raymond, 101–104
countermarching, 164
courser, 91
Cracow, Poland, 144
Crassius, 69–72
Crécy, battle of, 82, 87, 88, 105–108, 112–115
Crimea, 120, 128, 211
Crimean War, 212, 231, 255, 257, 258 crinet, 93, 94, 138; see also, horse armor Croatian light cavalry, 178–181
Croats, 157
Cromwell, Oliver, 173
cross-country riding, 174, 176, 267, 268, 324, 326
crossbow, 96, 109, 120
crossbowmen, 109, 110
crupper, 61, 94, 138
Crusaders, 81, 95, 99–105
Crusades, 81, 89, 115
Cruso, John, 152, 155, 157, 175, 179
cuirass, cuirasses, 50, 51, 95, 138, 158, 159, 161, 163, 169, 180, 196, 201, 257, 258, 316
cuirassier, cuirassiers 153, 155, 157, 158, 160–164, 166, 170, 175, 178, 180–182, 184, 185, 187, 191, 195, 201, 202, 208, 212, 214, 219, 220, 222, 224–228, 256, 258–261, 267, 311, 312, 314–316
curb bit, 25–27, 61, 62, 92, 98, 175, 213, 241–243, 280, 324
curved blade, advantage of, 158, 198; see also, saber
Custer, George Armstrong, 249, 250, 254, 255, 274, 279, 282, 286–288
Czechoslovakia, 347, 348
d’Aure, Antoine Cartier, 267, 268
dagger, 120, 154
Damascus, Syria, 45, 101, 311, 331, 332
Danube River, 74, 128, 130, 131, 144, 146–148
Darius I, 18, 28, 29
Darius II, 45
Darley Arabian, 209
de Ridefort, Gerard, 102
deaths, horse, see losses, horse
d’Erlon, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count, 221, 222, 226, 228
Desert Mounted Corps, 311, 317, 322, 327, 351
destrier, 91
Dettingen, battle of, 165
disease, 132, 207, 216, 217, 303–305
dismounted cavalry action, 236, 239, 241, 243, 255, 268, 269, 282, 306, 310, 312, 315, 317, 318, 339
dismounted tactics, 299, 315
ditch obstacle, 114, 173, 179, 180
domestic horse, 2, 3, 122, 123
domestication, 1, 2
dominance of cavalry, 82, 91
Don horse, 319–321, 344
Don River, 144, 337, 344
donkey, 2, 8, 16, 97
double bridle, 211, 213, 241, 266, 355
doubling, 164
draft horse, 59, 169
dragon (firearm), 55, 160
dragoon, dragoons, 157, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 170, 185, 187, 188, 190, 195–198, 200–202, 216, 217, 219–222, 225, 227, 233, 234, 239, 243, 256–260, 305, 311, 321, 346
dressage, 355
East Prussia, 263, 265, 336, 346
Eastern Roman Empire, 80, 129
echelon, 204
Edward III, 106, 115
Egypt, Egyptians, 6–14, 18, 20, 45, 64, 96–99, 126, 309, 323, 327, 328, 331
Egyptian chariots, 7, 10, 13, 14
Elam, 16
elephants, 45
endurance, horse, 4, 5, 8, 21–23, 52, 60, 68, 91, 98, 123, 169, 170, 210, 279, 284, 296, 301, 319, 320, 333, 353
England, 53, 81, 82, 84, 106, 159, 171, 176, 198, 204, 210, 212, 218, 230, 231, 290, 292
English Civil War, 151, 156, 158, 159, 173
equestrian skills, 36, 130
equitation, 61, 168, 172, 173, 213, 215, 243, 267, 268, 289, 324; see also, classical equitation,high school equitation,military equitation
Equus caballus, 2, 122
Equus ferus, 122, 123
Equus przewalskii, 2
Euphrates River, 17, 45, 65, 69, 70, 352
European cavalry, 84, 90, 94, 105, 146, 213, 234, 235, 238, 243, 255–258, 262, 267, 269, 326
European forest ponies, 168
eventing, 355
Ewell, Richard S., 245, 250–252
exhaustion, horse, 47, 141, 207, 239, 249, 288, 296
Eylau, battle of, 203
farm horses, 107
farrier, 93, 213, 217, 303
feigned retreat, 140, 141, 144
Ferghana horse, 123
firearms, 151, 152, 158–161, 175, 191, 192, 236, 273–275
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