viii PREFACE. 



luis olapacil since tliu horse waR first usod in the war 

 chariot. 'I'ho sixth or conchuling stiction is devoted 

 entirely to deductions which arc drawn as to the 

 ])rohablc use of cavahy in the future. 



I take this opportunity of acknowledging the great 

 assistance I have received from the admirahle pro- 

 gramme which was issued as a guick; to intending 

 competitors by the Russian government. I have also 

 to express my thanks for the courteous permission 

 clicerfully accorded to me by the authorities in St. 

 Petcrslnirg to take to my rooms books from the mag- 

 nificent library of the General S'^aff. To Count Heyden, 

 Chief of the Staff, and to Captain Schencliine of the 

 General Staff, my thanks are especially due. To Major- 

 General Gorloff, Aidc-de-Camp to His Majesty the 

 Emperor of Russia, and Military Attache to the Russian 

 Embassy in London, I am under deep obligations for 

 information and assistance kindly given me. 



To B. Homer Dixon, K.N.L., of llomewood, Toronto, 

 I owe the advantage derived from the opportunity 

 of studying, in his splendid collection of arms and 

 armour, the system of armament during the j)eriod of 

 chivalry. I have also to thank Gold win Smith, Esq., 

 M.A., for his kind assistance in reference to several 

 l)oints in classical history. 



To the library of the Royal United Service Insti- 

 tution I am also indebted, my thanks being specially 

 due to T. D. Sullivan, Esq., late 56th Regiment, the 

 librarian. 



GEORGE T. DENISON. 



Heydon Villa, Toronto. 



