Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1)
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Author | : Peter Hofschröer |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2012-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781780965222 |
ISBN-13 | : 1780965222 |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1) by : Peter Hofschröer
Book excerpt: When Frederick II (later known as Frederick the Great) came to the throne in 1740, he had three advantages for which he owed thanks to his father: a modern, well-organised state; full coffers; and a properly trained and equipped army. Under a leader as renowned as Seydlitz, the Prussian cavalry achieved the nearest to a state of perfection that it was ever going to. So great was its reputation in the Seven Years' War that Napoleon made a special point of warning his men at the beginning of the 1806 campaign to beware of the Prussian cavalry.