

XVI 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI 1 1. 

 Cavalry under Pbter the Great.— The Regular Army in Russia 304 



No regular army before I'etcr tlio (ireat— Grcivt increase of dragooDs in 

 his reign — Their armament and formation— Light cavalry— Battle of 

 Lessnoy — Capture of Swedish convoy under Levenhaupt. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 Marshal Saxe — His Ideas on Cavalry . 



308 



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I 



Reforms introduced by him — The cadenced step — Re-establishment of lance 

 — Heavy cavalry and dragoons — Arms and e(iuii)ments — Tactics — His 

 opinion in favour of cuirasses — Breoch-h)ading carbines invented bj' 

 him — The charge at speed — Effect of energy of Charles XII. and 

 writings of Marshal Saxe — Increased mobility of cavalry — Influence 

 on cavalry in time of Frederick the Great. 



PERIOD IV. 



FROM FREDERICK THE GREAT UNTIL THE INTRODUCTION OF 

 RIFLED FIREARMS.— 17 iO TO 1854. 



CHAPTER XX. 

 Cavalry under Frederick the Great . . 



312 



Section I. — Organization and Tactics of his Cavalry, 



Frederick the Great's cavalry on his accession to th"> throne — Tactics at 

 Molwitz — Prohibition of use of firearms by cavalry— Charges at speed 

 rehed upon — Careful training of the cavalry — Charging great distances 

 in serried order — Manoeuvres at speed — Guibert's eulogy upon them — 

 Cavalry at its zenith — Effect of new system on hostile infantry and 

 cava)'- -Orders of Frederick to his cavalry — This system compared 

 with L. /ench and Austrian — Formation of his cavalry — Tactics in 

 action — Arms and organization — Improvements in manoeuvring— 

 Cavalry employed in large masses — Introduction of horse artillery — 

 General Warnery— His military writings — General Seidlitz — His extra- 

 ordinary energy — Anecdotes of him — General Zeithen — His character 

 — Great change in manner of drilli.ig the individual horsemen under 

 Frederick after Peace of Dresden — System of elementary tactics the 

 same in all tlie different kinds of cavalry — Great effect of the careful 

 organiza -jn and training of cavalry under Frederick. 



Battles of Hohenfriedberg, 

 Zorndorf. 



Section IT, — Actions of Prussian Cavalry, 



Sohr, Ilochkirch, Prague, Leuthen, and 



