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Light cavalry played a key role in mounted scouting, escorting, and skirmishing during the Napoleonic era. Light horse also served a function in major set-piece battles. While lacking the sheer offensive power of heavy cavalry, light cavalry were still extremely effective against unprepared infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
Australian light horsemen on Walers in 1914, prior to their departure from Australia to serve in World War I. Australian Light Horse were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry, who served in the Second Boer War and World War I.
The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, or "First City Troop", was organized in 1774 as the Light Horse of the City of Philadelphia, often referred to as the Philadelphia Light Horse, one of the first patriotic military organizations established in the American Revolution.
The first "light horse" regiment was raised in 1745, for service in the Second Jacobite rising, and proved so successful that light troops were added to most cavalry regiments in 1755. In 1759, five complete regiments (the 15th to 19th) of Light Dragoons were formed, and the distinction was made between the light cavalry (Light Dragoon ...
Lighthorse or Light Horse most often refers to Light cavalry, but may also refer to: 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army Regiment; 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (United States) Australian Light Horse, mounted infantry who fought in World War I 1st Light Horse Brigade; 2nd Light Horse Brigade; 3rd Light Horse Brigade; 4th Light ...
The Light Horse Bar at the Saturday Club in Kolkata is named after the regiment. The club was founded in 1878 and is located on Wood Street. The bar houses a collection of regimental memorabilia. [5] The Calcutta Light Horse Bar at the Oriental Club in London is named after the regiment.
Light Cavalry was a "big, rangy" heavily built [2] bay horse with a white blaze and a white sock on his right hind leg bred by his owner Jim Joel. He was the only British classic winner sired by Brigadier Gerard, an outstanding racehorse who won seventeen of his eighteen races between 1970 and 1972 including the 2000 Guineas, Champion Stakes (twice), Eclipse Stakes and King George VI and Queen ...
During the 1920s the Australian Light Horse converted from their pre-war mounted rifles role to that of cavalry modelled along British Army lines. [6] However, by the end of the 1920s the stringent financial situation across the Army, and the suspension of the compulsory training scheme , [ 7 ] led to the amalgamation of a number of light horse ...