The poor discipline demonstrated by the British cavalry commanded by general Slade at Maguilla in 1812 prompted the Duke of Wellington's famous remark that British cavalry officers were in the habit of galloping at everything. This work rehabilitates the reputation of the British cavalry in the Peninsula and at Waterloo.
The poor discipline demonstrated by the British cavalry commanded by general Slade at Maguilla in 1812 prompted the Duke of Wellington's famous remark that British cavalry officers were in the habit of galloping at everything. This work rehabilitates the reputation of the British cavalry in the Peninsula and at Waterloo.
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Robert Craufurd: The Man & the Myth : The Life and Times of Wellington's Wayward Martinet
Robert Craufurd: The Man & the Myth : The Life and Times of Wellington's Wayward Martinet
The Peninsular War : Wellington's Battlefields Revisited
The Battle of the Alma, 1854 : First Blood to the Allies in the Crimea
The Battle of the Alma, 1854 : First Blood to the Allies in the Crimea