tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post2339501820269443179..comments2024-03-28T00:47:48.409-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: Dallas Light Cav Rides Against the TurkLSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-89442364878807770182018-12-04T22:57:24.535-08:002018-12-04T22:57:24.535-08:00Yes, RHSM.
Walk, trot, canter, CHARGE!Yes, RHSM.<br /><br />Walk, trot, canter, CHARGE!LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-35564215689384169582018-12-04T22:56:18.384-08:002018-12-04T22:56:18.384-08:00Tough stuff, Linda, no doubt about it.Tough stuff, Linda, no doubt about it.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-28664841049618410032018-12-04T20:49:16.289-08:002018-12-04T20:49:16.289-08:00You can only run a horse so far. They should have ...You can only run a horse so far. They should have assembled and walked the horses (muzzled so that they wouldn't call to each other or to enemy horses) at dawn. When they were 150-200 yards out, begin to canter, charge as they took the camp at first light before the infantry could get into the trenches. Attacking entrenched infantry with horse is very difficult thing to do unless they break before the cavalry hit them. In the case of the Aussies, they were technically dragoons - mounted infantry, who ride to combat and dismount to fight (which is why they carried infantry rifles).<br /><br />Just my criticism of movie tactics. RHSM out.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-32407185175618530092018-12-04T20:45:19.049-08:002018-12-04T20:45:19.049-08:00It was like that during the Revolution and the Civ...It was like that during the Revolution and the Civil War.<br />And no, I can't imagine.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.com