RE: What is it about America? Does America's education system just suck?
September 3, 2012 at 2:20 pm
(September 3, 2012 at 1:39 pm)Shell B Wrote: Well, yes, the dismounted part is infantry. If they are fighting on foot, they are infantry.
Yes, but they were classified as Heavy Cavalry, as here in the French OOB at Borodino.
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III Cavalry Corps
Commander: GdD Grouchy
Chief-of-staff: Marquis de Jumilhac
3rd Light Cavalry Division: GdD Chastel
- - - - - - - - Light Cavalry Brigade: GdB Gauthrin
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th Hussars [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8th Chasseurs [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - Light Cavalry Brigade: GdB Gerard
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th Chasseurs [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25th Chasseur [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - Light Cavalry Brigade: GdB Dommanget
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bavarian Lighthorse [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bavarian Lighthorse [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Saxon Lighthorse [4 sq.]
- - - - - - - - Artillery
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - IV Horse Battery/1st Horse Art. Reg. [6]
6th Heavy Cavalry Division: GdD Lahussaye
- - - - - - - - Heavy Cavalry Brigade: GdB Thiry
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7th Dragoons [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23rd Dragoons [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - Heavy Cavalry Brigade: GdB Seron
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28th Dragoons [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30th Dragoons [3 sq.]
- - - - - - - - Artillery
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - IV Horse Battery/6th Horse Art. Reg. [6]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - V Horse Battery/6th Horse Art. Reg. [6
In order to be real cavalry there must be horseshit in their wake...not diesel fumes!
Great fucking hat, huh?