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Bucephalus (/ b juː. ˈ s ɛ. f ə. l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς, romanized: Būcephắlās; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. [1]
Under Wellington's Command by G.A. Henty includes a section on the Battle of Bussaco (sp. 'Busaco' in the text). Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell covers the battle. Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham features a visit to the front line by Ross Poldark, who is on a government fact-finding mission.
Sakarya, One of the two personal horses of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, inspired by the battle which he commanded of the same name [3] Sefton, survivor of the Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings in 1982; Streiff, horse of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at the battle of Lützen (1632) Tencendur, warhorse of King Charlemagne
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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... This is the order of battle for the Battle of Bussaco, 27 September 1810 ...
The French name comes from an expression meaning "vigilant". Veillantif is first mentioned in The Song of Roland (v. 2032; laisse 151). Veillantif was given various origins. In the 12th century chanson de geste Aspremont, the horse is said to have formerly been in the possession of King Agolant's son Aumon.
Horses were the only suitable method of transport in the difficult mountainous terrain of Northern Afghanistan. [210] They were the first U.S. soldiers to ride horses into battle since January 16, 1942, when the U.S. Army’s 26th Cavalry Regiment charged an advanced guard of the 14th Japanese Army as it advanced from Manila. [211] [212] [213]
The Horse as a Cultural Icon: The Real and the Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World edited by Peter Edwards, Karl A E Enenkel and Elspeth Graham, publ. BRILL 14 Oct 2011. The chapter by Richard Nash Beware a Bastard Breed - Notes Towards a Revisionist History Of The Thoroughbred Racehorse details Nash's research into the origins of the ...