It was the 7th Cavalry whose troopers were charged with guarding the Imperial Palace of the Emperor.

Cavalry techniques were an innovation of equestrian nomads of the Central Asian and Iranian steppe and pastoralist tribes such as the Persian Parthians and Sarmatians.

Cavalry tactics in China were enhanced by the invention of the saddle-attached stirrup by at least the 4th century, as the oldest reliable depiction of a rider with paired stirrups was found in a Jin Dynasty tomb of the year 322 AD.

Britain's only cuirassiers were the Household Cavalry, but Dragoon Guards regiments were classed as heavy cavalry.

Cavalry found new success in Imperial operations ( irregular warfare ), where modern weapons were lacking and the slow moving infantry-artillery train or fixed fortifications were often ineffective against native insurgents ( unless the natives offered a fight on an equal footing, as at Tel-el-Kebir, Omdurman, etc .).

Armoured cars and 5th Cavalry Division lancers were continuing the pursuit of Ottoman units north of Aleppo when the Armistice of Mudros was signed by the Ottoman Empire.

The U. S. Army's last horse cavalry actions were fought during World War II: a ) by the 26th Cavalry Regiment ( PS ) in World War II — a small mounted regiment of Philippine Scouts which fought the Japanese during the retreat down the Bataan peninsula, until it was effectively destroyed by January 1942 ; and b ) on captured German horses by the mounted reconnaissance section of the U. S. 10th Mountain Division in a spearhead pursuit of the German Army across the Po Valley in Italy in April 1945.

The last horsed U. S. Cavalry ( the Second Cavalry Division ) were dismounted in March 1944.

However dragoons had existed in Portugal since at least the early 18th century and, in 1719, units of this type of cavalry were sent to Brazil, initially to escort shipments of gold and diamonds and to guard the Viceroy who resided in Rio de Janeiro ( 1st Cavalry Regiment – Vice-Roy Guard Squadron ).

The Dragoon Guards of the “ Field Marshal Domingo Nieto ” Life-Guard Escort Cavalry Regiment of the President of the Republic of Perú were the traditional Guard of the Government Palace of Perú until March 5, 1987 and disbandment in that year.

In 1861 the two existing U. S. Dragoon regiments were re-designated as the 1st and 2nd Cavalry.

In September 1990, the First Foreign Cavalry Regiment, the Second Foreign Infantry Regiment, and the Second Foreign Engineer Regiment were sent to the Persian Gulf as a part of Opération Daguet.

Cavalry were now the predominant fighting unit and the older straight chokutō were particularly unsuitable for fighting from horseback.

Under the terms of the Treaty, Luxembourg and the newly formed Duchy of Limburg, both members of the Germanic Confederation, were together required to provide a Federal Contingent distributed among a Light Infantry Battalion garrisoned in Echternach, a Cavalry Squadron in Diekirch, and an Artillery detachment in Ettelbruck.

The Soviet Army also created several Cavalry mechanized groups in which tanks, mechanized infantry and horsed cavalry were mixed.

In contrast with the Volunteer Force, and the similar Yeomanry Cavalry, they were considered rather plebeian.

Cavalry spears were originally the same as infantry spears and were often used with two hands or held with one hand overhead.

However, as General Abrams began to make preparations for the equipping of US Cavalry squadrons for the vehicle, the affected squadrons expressed their concerns that the new aluminum tanks were not only highly vulnerable to mines and anti-tank rocket fire, but they would not be as capable of " jungle busting " as the M48A3 medium tanks.

The first Sheridans to arrive in Viet Nam ( January 1969 ) were accompanied by their factory representatives, instructors, and evaluators as the new vehicles were issued to the 3rd Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry, and the 1st Squadron, 11th ACR.

The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country ’ s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Head of state.

This historically superior social position is humorously referenced today in the Australian Army, where cavalry Troopers jokingly define their role as: " The role of the Cavalry is to add colour, dash and daring, to what would otherwise be a mindless shitfight amongst grunts ".

A brief firefight with a Detachment of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment resulted with the destruction of the bridge for the third time, and the wounding of 23.

At 10: 00, therefore, he gave his third order of the day to the Cavalry Division – Cavalry to advance and take advantage of any opportunity to recover the Heights.

1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment then took control of southern Sadr City and hosted Charlie Company, 1-68 Armor, Bravo Company, 1-14 Infantry and Delta Company, 4-64 Armor along with U. S. combat engineers from the 3rd Brigade Heavy Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division who began construction of a concrete barrier along Al-Quds street to seal the southern third of the city off and allow reconstruction to take place.

The third period ended when the Ranger companies were inactivated as their parent units were withdrawn from the war between November 1969 ( Company O of 3d Brigade 82d Airborne Division ), and 15 August 1972 ( Company H of 1st Air Cavalry Division ).

** Xun Kui ( 荀悝 ), third son of Xun Yi ( 荀霬 ), served as Protector General of the Army, posthumously appointed General of Chariots and Cavalry

On April 19, 2011 the Cavalry announced that the team would not be returning to the PBL for a third season.

During the Battle of Gettysburg, the 2nd U. S. Cavalry served under Wesley Merritt and engaged the Confederates south of Gettysburg on the third day.

3rd / 4th Cavalry Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, and is third in seniority in the Royal Australian Armoured Corps.

An episode produced for the third season, " Lt. Preston of the 4th Cavalry ," included an off-camera scene in which Dick and Jenny's daughter walked in on them while they were having sex.

The regiment took part in third Maratha War ( 1817 – 1819 ) where its charge along with 6th Bengal Light Cavalry changed the course of the war & considered as the decisive factor in winning the war.

Cavalry forces played a significant role at Gettysburg only on the first and third days of the battle.

The regiment has won numerous battle honours and three Victoria Crosses, and, through the Royal Scots Greys, is the oldest surviving Cavalry Regiment of the Line in the British Army.

** Jia Mo ( 賈模 ), Jia Mu's oldest son, inherited Jia Mu's marquis title, served as Attendant of Scattered Cavalry ( 散騎常侍 ) and General Who Protects the Army ( 護軍將軍 ) during the reign of Emperor Hui of Jin

Livregementets husarer, Kavalleri 3 ( K. 3 ) ( Life Guard Regiment Hussars, 3rd Cavalry ) is one of Sweden's oldest military units originating from cavalry recruited from Uppland, Södermanland, Västmanland, Närke and Värmland.

** Zhuge Chuo ( 諸葛綽 ), oldest son, served as a Cavalry Commandant, poisoned to death by Zhuge Ke for befriending Sun Ba

Just a month after the Korean War broke out, the 7th Cavalry was moving into the lines, ready for combat.

In June 1861, Monet joined the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry in Algeria for a seven-year commitment, but, two years later, after he had contracted typhoid fever, his aunt intervened to get him out of the army if he agreed to complete an art course at an art school.

The Australian Mounted Division was armed with swords and in September, after the successful breaching of the Ottoman line on the Mediterranean coast by the British Empire infantry XXI Corps was followed by cavalry attacks by the 4th Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Division and Australian Mounted Divisions which almost encircled two Ottoman armies in the Judean Hills forcing their retreat.

On 15 February 1969, just one month after the Sheridan's arrival in South Vietnam, an M551 from the 3rd Squadron 4th Armored Cavalry detonated a 25 pound pressure-triggered land mine which ruptured its hull, and ignited the 152mm shells, which resulted in a secondary explosion that destroyed the tank.

Sheridan losses were heavy during normal operations, largely due to land mines and anti-armor weapons, but were especially heavy after President Richard Nixon ordered US forces into Cambodia on May 1, 1970 in which, among other cavalry squadrons, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ( Blackhorse ) was thrown into the fight.

The 7th Cavalry was a veteran organization created just after the American Civil War.

Following a victory outside of Saltville, Breckinridge discovered that some Confederate troops had killed scores of black Union soldiers of the 5th United States Colored Cavalry the morning after the battle, an incident that shocked and angered him.

* George Gibbs Dibrell-Confederate General 8th TN Cavalry ; successor to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigade ; Escorted President Jefferson Davis from Greensboro, NC to Washington, GA after the fall of Richmond

Osborne County was named after Sergeant Vincent B. Osborne, Second Kansas Cavalry, who was wounded at the Battle of Wilson's Creek during the Civil War.

The county was named after the old Fort Ellsworth, which was named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Allen Ellsworth of the 7th Iowa Cavalry ( Company H ), who supervised construction of the fort in 1864.

Following deep reconnaissance missions in the region by the 3rd Cavalry Group and units of the 1139 Engineer Combat Group, and after heavy fighting in and around the city, Chartres was liberated, on 18 August 1944, by the U. S. 5th Infantry and the 7th Armored Divisions belonging to the XX Corps of the 3rd US Army commanded by General George S. Patton.

Black Horse, named after the 11th Cavalry, followed in 1964.

Forsyth was established in 1876 as the first settlement on the Yellowstone River, and in 1882 residents named the town after General James William Forsyth who commanded Fort Maginnis, Montana during the Indian Wars and the 7th Cavalry at the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The Village of Waterloo, on the Elkhorn and Platte Rivers, was founded by two men: John Logan, who came in 1863 right after his discharge from the Second Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry, and Elias Kelsey, who arrived in 1867.

The city is named after northern born, Union Cavalry officer and Houston lumberman Isaac Conroe.

The Household Cavalry, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals, Army Air Corps, Special Air Service, Honourable Artillery Company and Royal Logistic Corps use the term squadron instead of company ( although the Royal Engineers and Royal Signals had companies until after the Second World War, except in armoured divisions ).

1st and 2nd Cavalry Brigades initiated a holding action to prevent a Japanese counterattack from the mountainous interior, after which the 1st Cavalry was allowed to move out.

In the years after the Civil War, Fort Riley served as a major United States Cavalry post and school for cavalry tactics and practice.

Shortly after their formation in 1866, the 9th Cavalry passed through here enroute to permanent stations in the southwest.

A year after the post was established in 1853, a temporary hospital was constructed near the present day Post / Cavalry Museum and Patton Hall on the main post.

The Batson's Macabebe companies saw combat against Aguinaldo's forces beginning in October 1899, after which they were reorganized into the Philippine Cavalry Squadron and enlisted as irregulars.

It landed safely, but this time Eagle Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment captured the assailants after a high speed chase that ended in southern Baghdad.