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  • 1Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre — The Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sabre, is a sword that was used primarily by British Light Dragoons and hussars, and Kings German Legion light cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. It was adopted by the Prussians (as the 1811 pattern or Blücher… …

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  • 2Cavalry — Cavalrymen redirects here. For the 1955 French film, see Les Hussards. French 4th Hussar at the battle of Friedland, 1807 …

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  • 3Cavalry (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name= United States Army: Cavalry caption=Captain Charles A. May s squadron of the 2d Dragoons slashed through the enemy lines in an attack that climaxed the opening campaigns of the Mexican War. 2,500 American soldiers …

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  • 4light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics …

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  • 5Light Division — The Light Division Active 1803 – 1815 1853 – 1856 1914 – 1918 1968 – 2007 Country Great Britain Branch British Army Type Light Infantry …

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  • 6LIGHT, William (c. 1786-1839) — founder of Adelaide was born about the year 1786 either on the island of Salang or in the territory of Kedah, and spent his first six years at Penang. His father, Captain Francis Light, traded in Siam and Malaya and married Martina Rozells in… …

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  • 7Heavy cavalry — is the late 19th century misnomer for Cavalry [p.490, Lynn] , troops that from the late 17th to late 19th centuries usually wore armour and were mounted on largest available cavalry horses [p.60, Roemer] , as opposed to light cavalry, in which… …

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  • 8Charge of the Light Brigade — This article is about the cavalry charge. For the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, see The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem). For other uses, see Charge of the Light Brigade (disambiguation). Charge of the Light Brigade …

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  • 9Hungarian cavalry — ( hu. Magyar Lovasság) was one of the most famous troops in the world.Fact|date=October 2008 Hungarian horse archers in the medieval age, were unbeatable until 1332.Fact|date=October 2008 The Hungarian heavy knights defeated the Turksa lot times …

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  • 10Numidian cavalry — The battle of Cannae, where the Numidian cavalry helped to defeat the Roman cavalry, allowing the Carthaginians (blue) to encircle and defeat the Roman army (red) Numidian cavalry was a type of light cavalry developed by the Numidians, most… …

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