Wellington's Light Cavalry (Men-at-Arms)

By Bryan Fosten

In April 1756 the pony Guards agreed, with a few reluctance, to the addition of a unmarried 'light troop' to so much cavalry regiments. From their formation those troops have been trendy and handled as having a distinct personality, and so they turned so important that by means of 1759 it used to be made up our minds to shape entire regiments of sunshine cavalry. Bryan Fosten offers a detailed account of the association, uniforms and heritage of Wellington's mild Cavalry in a textual content sponsored by way of quite a few illustrations together with 8 complete web page color plates by means of the writer himself.

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