Cavalry proper ( a ' Regiment of Horse ') had to ride with some agility and engage in sword-wielding melees with opposing cavalry so carrying anything long would be a dangerous encumberance.

Infantry who moved on horseback, but dismounted to fight on foot, were known in the 17th and early 18th centuries as dragoons, a class of mounted infantry which later evolved into cavalry proper while retaining their historic title.

The Macedonian cavalry fought in wedge formation and was stationed on the far right ; after these broke through the enemy lines they were followed by the hypaspists, elite infantrymen who served as the king's bodyguard, and then the phalanx proper.

Before 140 BC: Chinese begin extensive horse-breeding to support a proper cavalry.

However, once past these villages, the terrain became flat and even, proper for cavalry action, and now, with the increasingly aggressive action of the enemy cavalry against his flank and rear, Zieten and his brigade became increasingly isolated.

The defeat of an army arrayed in proper battle order on high ground by a column of cavalry that had just ridden down from Oxford was regarded as remarkable.

A 6, 000-strong cavalry army from Rohan, Gondor's ally, arrived at dawn the next day-whereupon the battle proper began.

Loosely based upon the design of cavalry flags of the Civil War and Spanish-American War, the proper name for this type of flag is burgee .< ref name =" OHDef flag ">

On 18 February 1864, some Prussian hussars, in the excitement of a cavalry skirmish, crossed the north frontier of Schleswig into Denmark proper and occupied the town of Kolding.

Hervey ( a cavalry officer ), however, is a " proper " officer, unlike Sharpe ( an infantry officer ), who was raised from the ranks.

He did not relate well to McClellan, who did not understand the proper use of cavalry in warfare, relegating it to assignment in small units to infantry brigades.

Stuart, Nathan B. Forrest, and John S. Mosby, the Union high command initially failed to understand the proper way to use cavalry during the early stages of the war.

Timoleon was able to catch the Carthaginians as they were crossing the river Crimissus, first sending his cavalry against them to disorder them and to prevent the Carthaginians forming a proper line.

An example of this is the Battle of Gaugamela, where, after maneuvering to the right to prevent a double envelopment from the Persian army and making Darius command his cavalry on his left flank to check the oblique movement of the Greeks by attacking their cavalry, Companion cavalry charged the weakened enemy center where Darius was posted and were followed by the hypaspists and the phalanx proper.

Camera operation was totally dependent upon receipt of the proper command structure from earth.

Should the submarines be unable to receive the proper command and control signals indicating normal, peacetime conditions, their orders would be to launch their nuclear missiles under the assumption that command and control structures had been destroyed in a nuclear attack and that retaliation was therefore necessary.

* UNIX Style, or cat-v Considered Harmful-A paper by Rob Pike on proper Unix command design using cat as an example.

Romanian forces fought under Soviet command, driving through Northern Transylvania into Hungary proper, and on into Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany.

The < tt > rm </ tt > command is the proper way to delete files in Unix.

The third in command, Solicitor General Robert Bork, also planned to resign, but Richardson persuaded him not to in order to ensure proper leadership at the Department of Justice during the crisis.

When it comes time for her marriage to Loial, a different side of Erith emerges as she calmly takes command of the situation, deftly maneuvering Loial's mother into her proper place and taking over responsibility for Loial ( as is the Ogier tradition between married couples ) and allows him to continue his travels with Rand instead of forcing him to return to a stedding as Loial feared.

The BEF dedicated its first weeks in Italy to acquiring the proper equipment to fight on Italian terrain, and to training under American command in as much as the preparation in Brazil, despite the 2 years interval since the declaration of war, had proved obsolete.

The command only works for the server which has the proper O-line in its IRCd configuration file.

SCA also checksums as an original filesystem ( OFS ) bootblock, hence destroying newer filesystems if the user doesn't know the proper use of the " install " command to remove SCA (" install df0: FFS FORCE " to recover a ' fast filesystem ' floppy ).

To change modes, each member is equipped with a special wrist device that, aside from being a communicator and tracking device, enabled the change when the proper gesture and voice command " Bird, Go!

The Chief of Staff of the Army is an administrative position based in the Pentagon, and while the Chief of Staff does not have operational command authority over Army forces proper ( that is within the purview of the Combatant Commanders who reports to the Secretary of Defense ), the Chief of Staff does exercise supervision of Army units and organizations as the designee of the Secretary of the Army.

While Kölsch is not commonly taught in schools ( although there are often extracurricular offerings ) and a lot of young people do not have a proper command of it, many theaters exist that perform exclusively in Kölsch, most notably the Volkstheater Millowitsch, named after the late Willy Millowitsch ( 1909 – 1999 ) and the famous puppet theater, Hänneschentheater.

The command decoders use a code plug to prevent any command signal other than the proper command signal from getting into the distributors.

This can be accomplished using the file finding utility with the option, or the command with the proper option ( on POSIX compliant platforms ).

The Dutch fortresses, mostly outside the provinces of the Union of Utrecht proper, were garrisoned with mercenary troops that, though paid for the account of individual provinces, were under federal command since 1594.

During the course of his busy day, Pee-wee sings & dances, reads pen pal letters " from around the world " ( including prison ), conducts a hypnosis puppet act with a female audience member who undresses under his command, and shows a cartoon and a vintage " Mr. Bungle " 1950s educational film about proper deportment.

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is an administrative position based in the Pentagon, and while the Chief of Staff does not have operational command authority over Air Force forces proper ( that is within the purview of the Combatant Commanders who reports to the Secretary of Defense ), the Chief of Staff does exercise supervision of Air Force units and organizations as the designee of the Secretary of the Air Force.

In a dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer contended that the objective of the Act was constitutionally proper and was consistent with powers that the President has held in the past, stating that the Act " does not violate any specific textual constitutional command, nor does it violate any implicit Separation of Powers principle.

The launch escape system canard surfaces deployed at the proper time and stabilized the command module with the aft heat shield forward after the escape vehicle had tumbled about four times.

: Responsible for executing global conventional bombing directed by proper command authority.

At the 4th tee Palmer chose to hit a one-iron when a three-wood was the proper club, so he put the ball in a bunker in front of the green.

In an example Husserl explains this in the following way: if you are standing in front of a house, you have a proper, direct presentation of that house, but if you are looking for it and ask for directions, then these directions ( e. g. the house on the corner of this and that street ) are an indirect, improper presentation.

Having huge hands ( a famous photograph features him holding seven baseballs in his right hand ), Bench also tended to block breaking balls in the dirt by scooping them with one hand instead of the more common and fundamentally proper way: dropping to both knees and blocking the ball using the chest protector to keep the ball in front.

Less noted is his published call in 1749 for the roofing-over of Perrault's classical colonnaded east front of the Palais du Louvre and the clearing away of the ramshackle structures, both those that had been built against it, in order to form a proper Place du Louvre, and those in the centre of the Cour Carré itself Sections of the palace were in danger of collapse, scarcely touched by royal indifference after 1678 ; work did begin in 1755 to clear the facade of the Louvre, overseen by the architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot and Marigny, supervisor of the Bâtiments du Roi.

Breeding towards proper head structure is necessary to prevent kinking of the tear ducts, resulting in tear run down the front of the face, or muzzle creases that can result in dermatitis on the face.

Probably during the troubles of the Barons ' War a small gatehouse was added in front of the gateway to make a proper gatehouse complete with portcullis.

Howard claims his presence in " proper person " at the front is his trial by combat for the Leith Captain's death.

The next day Gloria takes Phil to a cemetery to say a proper prayer in memory of his family and sends him to choose a marble to stand in front of.

Because one side ( the front ) of a fume hood is open to the room occupied by the user, and the air within the fume hood is potentially contaminated, the proper flow of air from the room into the hood is critical to its function.

The municipal hall is located on the upper land of Mansalay Town proper, in front of a Medical Care Hospital.

There simply were not enough supplies reaching the front to conduct proper defensive operations, let alone a proper offense.

The front drawbar is pulled by two horses, and pulls the scraper proper behind it, while the operator walks behind controlling the depth of scrape with the handle.

It is believed that saying the word " master " in front of a domovoy who shows itself to the person is a sign of praise to the creature and a proper way to address it, even for the family head.

The Treaty of Waitangi ( Te Tiriti o Waitangi ) proper began on February 5, 1840 when a public meeting was held on the grounds in front of James Busby's residence.

Due to its smaller size and better geometrics, front and rear wheels and a very light flywheel, was an incredibly well-handling bike that could easily keep up and even run away from its larger brothers when in proper hands on sinuous roads.

Unlike most smaller lakes in the region – but like the Great Lakes – Lake comes at the front of its proper name, rather than the end ; this is reflective of its French origins.

Bremerhaven lighthouse | A pair of leading lights in Bremerhaven, Germany, with the rear light in a proper lighthouse and the front light on a smaller tower.

They were in the process of pulling back their forward units to the Green I fortifications of the Gothic Line proper and Kesselring was uncertain whether this was the start of a major offensive or just 8th Army advancing to occupy vacated ground whilst the main Allied attack would come on the U. S. 5th Army front towards Bologna.

Judges for these contests deduct points for improper behavior such as biting the hog or failing to bark, and award points for proper behaviors such as coming close to the front of the hog and maintaining steady eye contact with it.

* Stance: In a proper stance, the goaltender has the weight on the balls of his feet, the trapper and blocker just above knee-height and slightly out in front so they can be seen in the goalies peripheral vision, and the stick flat on the ice.

By moving forward out of position, or by staying squarely in front of the PIT unit the lead vehicle can disallow the PIT unit from gaining proper positioning to conduct the maneuver.

The season also witnessed the teams second successive appearance in the First round proper of the FA Cup: the result a defeat 5 – 0 at League club Brentford in front of a crowd of 13, 900-the largest single match crowd to see the ' Town ' play.

Despite several cup successes, Crawley's most successful cup run at the time was in the 1991 – 92 season when they reached the The FA Cup third round proper and played local rivals Brighton, losing 5 – 0 in front of 18, 301 at the Goldstone Ground.