Napoleonic Cavalry (1 Viewer)

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Just been reading this thread for the first time and addressing the ancient OP: cavalry was one part of a trio of combined arms on the Napoleonic battlefield.

Infantry could take and hold ground. Artillery could break up close mass targets. Cavalry could run down infantry in open order and artillery in the field.

The counter to infantry in open formation was cavalry.The answer to cavalry was the square of massed infantry. The answer to the square was artillery. The answer to artillery was cavalry and round and round it goes.

The tactical command skill was timing each to get the counter in before the response to it whilst still achieving the tactical mission. A huge game of rock, paper and scissors with human lives and limbs.

All backed by logistics to have the pieces on site and the intelligence to know where the enemy is and their intentions. No arm acts alone; there is nothing new about combined arms warfare.
 

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