By the end of the novel, the elite cavalry wing is led by a dashing young warrior prince named Artos, whom Sutcliff postulates to be the real Arthur.

The Allied commander now summoned the cavalry on the right wing to reinforce his centre, leaving only the English squadrons in support of Orkney.

At 3 p. m. Duke Jeremi Wiśniowiecki led a successful charge of 18 cavalry companies against the right wing of the Cossack-Tatar Army.

On the other wing the French at last routed the Flemish cavalry and captured Ferrand, Count of Flanders, one of the leaders of the coalition.

Negus Tekle Haymanot commanded the right wing, Ras Alula the left, and Rasses Makonnen and Mengesha the center, with Ras Mikael at the head of the Oromo cavalry ; the Emperor and his consort remained with the reserve.

Bragg's failure to coordinate the right wing and cavalry to further envelope Thomas prevented a total rout of the Union Army.

Diodorus says that the Athenian cavalry on the Mantinean right wing, although not inferior in quality, could not withstand the missiles from the light-troops that Epaminondas had placed among the Theban cavalry.

In a major break with tradition, Epaminondas massed his cavalry and a fifty-deep column of Theban infantry on his left wing, and sent forward this body against the Spartan right.

The RAC was created on 4 April 1939, just before World War II started, by combining the cavalry wing ( cavalry units that had mechanised ) with the Royal Tank Corps ( which was thereupon renamed the Royal Tank Regiment within the new corps ).

Meanwhile Philip's phalanx had reached the summit, and after joining with their light troops and cavalry which he placed on his right wing, Philip had his phalanx charge down the hill into the oncoming legionaries.

The cavalry action on the open Imperial left wing continued, with both sides deploying reserves in an attempt to gain the upper hand.

Soon afterwards, towards 1: 00 p. m., Gustavus Adolphus was himself killed while leading a cavalry charge on this wing.

Their right wing consisted of between 2, 000 and 3, 000 cavalry under Rupert and his brother Prince Maurice.

Commissary-General Ireton's wing of five and a half regiments of cavalry was on the left.

Cromwell's wing, with six and a half regiments of cavalry, was on the right.

Fifteen Swedish assaults by Horn's right wing, consisting of the brigades Vitzthum, Pfuel and the Scots Brigade ( Colonel Gunn ), supported by the brigade of Count Thurn ( Black and Yellow Regiment ) on the hill of Albuch, were repulsed by the Spaniards with the decisive support of Ottavio Piccolomini's Italian cavalry squadrons, under direct orders of another Italian commander, the loyal servant to the Spanish Crown, Gerardo di Gambacorta di Linata.

In 1630, Gustavus Adolphus landed in Germany and as one of the king's chief subordinates, Banér served in the campaign of north Germany, and at the first Battle of Breitenfeld he led the right wing of Swedish cavalry.

The French left wing, commanded by Lieutenant-General Jean Christophe, comte de Gournay, opened their attack with a cavalry charge but Gournay was killed in the assault ; his death disordered his cavalry who retired to Fleurus to regroup.

A cavalry charge on the right wing however, met with more success, driving the enemy cavalry back.

The French army, some 23, 000 strong, was arranged with two lines of infantry in the centre, squadrons of cavalry on each wing and with a thin line of artillery at the front.

The left wing also had some cavalry and, beyond the Alle river, batteries came into action to cover it.

Well led, properly organized cavalry, in its complementary role to infantry, had four functions.

Sherman insisted that cavalry could not successfully break up hostile railways, yet Garrard's Covington raid and Rousseau's Opelika raid cut two-thirds of the rail lines he had to break and Sherman lived in mortal fear of what Forrest might do to his communications.

A proper cavalry command in his front would have developed the fact that he had run into one division of Polk's Army of the Mississippi moving up from the direction of Mobile to join Johnston at Dalton.

By about 1400 the full harness of plate armour had been developed in armouries of Lombardy Heavy cavalry dominated the battlefield for centuries in part because of their armour.

From their introduction, muskets could pierce plate armour, so cavalry had to be far more mindful of the fire.

The cavalry had to beware of high velocity rifles and machine guns like the foot soldiers, who at least had a trench to protect them.

The Macedonian phalanx of Aelian had many points of resemblance to the solid masses of pikemen and the squadrons of cavalry of the Spanish and Dutch systems, and the translations made in the 16th century formed the groundwork of numerous books on drill and tactics.

He had given command of the cavalry to Labienus, the former commander of Caesar's favourite X legion.

Tallard's force had suffered considerably more than Marlborough's troops on their march – many of his cavalry horses were suffering from glanders, and the mountain passes were proving tough for the 2, 000 wagons of provisions.

Between Lutzingen and Oberglauheim the Elector placed 27 squadrons of cavalry – Count d ' Arco commanded 14 Bavarian squadrons and Count Wolframsdorf had 13 more in support nearby.

The Danish cavalry, under the Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt ( not to be confused with the Duke of Württemberg who fought with Eugene ), had made slow work of crossing the Nebel near Oberglau ; harassed by Marsin's infantry near the village, the Danes were driven back across the stream.

Marlborough's two lines of cavalry had now moved to the front of the Duke's line of battle, with the two supporting lines of infantry behind them.

With the battle still not won, Marlborough had to rebuke one of his cavalry officers who was attempting to leave the field – " Sir, you are under a mistake, the enemy lies that way ..." Now, at the Duke's command, the second Allied line under von Bulow and the Count of Ost-Friese was ordered forward, and, driving through the centre, the Allies finally put Tallard's tired horse to rout, not without cost.

Eugene, however, became exasperated with the performance of his Imperial cavalry whose third attack had failed: he had already shot two of his troopers to prevent a general flight.

Marlborough wrote an appeal to the Duke of Württemberg, the commander of the Danish contingent – " I send you this express to request your Highness to bring forward by a double march your cavalry so as to join us at the earliest moment …" Additionally, the King in Prussia, Frederick I, had kept his troops in quarters behind the Rhine while his personal disputes with Vienna and the States-General at The Hague remained unresolved.

Although Henry Lumley ’ s British cavalry had managed to cross the marshy ground around the Petite Gheete, it was soon evident to Marlborough that sufficient cavalry support would not be practicable and that the battle could not be won on the Allied right.

On 2 September, Skippon, having been told that his infantry were unable to break out as the cavalry had done, and having been offered generous terms by the King, surrendered 6, 000 infantry and all his army's guns and train.

As his army approached Histria ( Sinoe ), Antonius detached his entire mounted force from the marching column and led it away on a lengthy excursion, leaving his infantry without cavalry cover, a tactic he had already used with disastrous results against the Dardani.

When Datis surrendered and was ready for retreat, the Ionians climbed the trees and gave the Athenians the signal that the cavalry had left.

Tactically, hoplites were vulnerable to attacks by cavalry, and since the Persians had substantial numbers of cavalry, this made any offensive maneuver by the Athenians even more of a risk, and thus reinforced the defensive strategy of the Athenians.

Both sides had about 40, 000 cavalry.