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CONTENTS. 



War — Use of cavalry liy Count Cariiiis^miola — Immenao weif^ht ol! 

 armour about tlie end of the Hfteentli centurj' — Views of Machiavelli 

 — Steadineps of infantry increasing their power— Use of petronels by 

 knights — Increase in power of lirearms and increase in weight of 

 cuirass — Disappearance of tassettes, passe-gardes, greaves, and 

 solerets — Lance falls into disuse — Groat spread of use of tirearms by 

 cavalry — Arquebus-d-roaet — The pistol— German Reitres use pistols to 

 a great extent — Their tactics and armament — Formation of French 

 cavalry — Battles of Pa via and Dreux — Battles of Moncontour and 

 Courtras — Cavalry action at Mookorkeydc in 1574. 



CHAPTER X. 

 EuBorEAN Cavalry in the Sixteenth Century 



242 



Section T. -Its Organization into Different Types. 



Argoulets — Albanians — Genetaires — Arquebusiers-a-cheval — Carabins — 

 Dragoons — Marshal de Brissac— Alexander of Parma — Cuirassiers — 

 Maurice of Nassau — Cornets — Hussars — Their armament — Cavalry of 

 the Turks — Spahis — Their armament — Battle of Mogatch, 1.526. 



Section II. — Spanish Cavalnj in Mexico ami Peru. 



Mexican troops opposed to Cortez — Their tactics — Battle of Tabasco — 

 Aztec ideas of Spanish cavalry — The Tlascalans — Immense influence 

 of small force of Spanish horsemen. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Cavalry in the Thirty Years' War. Gustavus Adolphus, 



Tilly, and Wallenstein 255 



Section I. — Gustavus Adolphus, 



His great reforms — Introduction of uniform clothing — Changes in tactics 

 and in anus — Suppression of caracoles in the cavalry — Combination 

 of firing and charging at speed — His system of forming up his army 

 — Arms of Swedish cavalry. 



Section II. — Cavalry of the Imperial Army, Battles of Breifanfeld and 



Lutzen. 



Formation of cavalry under Tilly and Wallenstein — Arms and accoutre- 

 ments — Fight at Burgau — Battle of Breitenfeld — Buttle of Lutzen — 

 Death of Gustavus Adolphus— System of outposts at this period. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Cavalry in the Wars in England between Charles i. and thk 



Parliament 2G8 



Great ability of Cromwell as a cavalry general — Prince Rupert — Action 

 with Colonel Sandys — Battle of Edgehill — Battle of Gainsborough — 

 Skilful tactics of Cromwell — Marston Moor — Extraordinary results of 

 cavalry charges — Battle of Naseby — Marquis of Montrose — " Bonnie 

 Dundee." 



