Austrian cavalry exercise, tr. and prefaced by W.S. Cooke |
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DURING the autumn of 1872 , I had the good fortune to be present at the
exercises of the Austrian cavalry at the great camp of instruction at Bruck , on the
Leitha , some twenty miles distant from Vienna . A previous study of the cavalry
drill ...
DURING the autumn of 1872 , I had the good fortune to be present at the
exercises of the Austrian cavalry at the great camp of instruction at Bruck , on the
Leitha , some twenty miles distant from Vienna . A previous study of the cavalry
drill ...
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The system dates from 1863 , and was introduced by the present Inspector -
General , Lieutenant - General Baron Edelsheim , himself then commanding a
regiment , and held in high esteem as a practical cavalry officer . My attention has
been ...
The system dates from 1863 , and was introduced by the present Inspector -
General , Lieutenant - General Baron Edelsheim , himself then commanding a
regiment , and held in high esteem as a practical cavalry officer . My attention has
been ...
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The present three years ' service with the colours is undoubtedly too short to form
a perfect cavalry soldier . That the former splendid cavalry of the Austrian Empire
has , in appearance at all events , somewhat deteriorated since the introduction ...
The present three years ' service with the colours is undoubtedly too short to form
a perfect cavalry soldier . That the former splendid cavalry of the Austrian Empire
has , in appearance at all events , somewhat deteriorated since the introduction ...
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There is no riding - master , as in our service , and no staff of highly trained rough
- riders and drill - instructors . Another disadvantage is the present unavoidable
necessity of splitting up the regiments into a number of small detachments : it is ...
There is no riding - master , as in our service , and no staff of highly trained rough
- riders and drill - instructors . Another disadvantage is the present unavoidable
necessity of splitting up the regiments into a number of small detachments : it is ...
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added fresh laurels to the cavalry arm , and there is no reason to doubt but that ,
under its present new organisation , it will , if called upon , maintain its old
reputation and glorious renown . The men are taken from naturally warlike races ;
they ...
added fresh laurels to the cavalry arm , and there is no reason to doubt but that ,
under its present new organisation , it will , if called upon , maintain its old
reputation and glorious renown . The men are taken from naturally warlike races ;
they ...
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