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... cavalry and artillery , and supplied the latter with harness for nearly 600 guns ; he more than doubled the number of effective muskets . In addition to this , he totally reorgan- ized the army , revived the Imperial Guard , and ...
... cavalry and artillery , and supplied the latter with harness for nearly 600 guns ; he more than doubled the number of effective muskets . In addition to this , he totally reorgan- ized the army , revived the Imperial Guard , and ...
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... cavalry , and 20,000 Dutch - Belgians , of which 2,000 were cavalry . The quality of these latter was not good , because the army was raw and young ; and the British , said the Duke , were not what they ought to have been to maintain ...
... cavalry , and 20,000 Dutch - Belgians , of which 2,000 were cavalry . The quality of these latter was not good , because the army was raw and young ; and the British , said the Duke , were not what they ought to have been to maintain ...
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... cavalry brigades , to which they were attached . The same praise is due to the King's German Legionaries , who from long association and natural aptitude had thoroughly acquired the spirit and method of the British . But the rest of the ...
... cavalry brigades , to which they were attached . The same praise is due to the King's German Legionaries , who from long association and natural aptitude had thoroughly acquired the spirit and method of the British . But the rest of the ...
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... cavalry also was composed , in the proportion of three to two , partly of regulars and partly of landwehr . The best troops were those drawn from the old Prussian provinces on the Elbe and the Oder , and the Baltic . The army was ...
... cavalry also was composed , in the proportion of three to two , partly of regulars and partly of landwehr . The best troops were those drawn from the old Prussian provinces on the Elbe and the Oder , and the Baltic . The army was ...
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... cavalry was under the orders of the Earl of Uxbridge , and the British portion was kept united in cantonments . Three excellent British foot regi- ments were detached to form the nucleus of the maritime fortress garrisons . With this ...
... cavalry was under the orders of the Earl of Uxbridge , and the British portion was kept united in cantonments . Three excellent British foot regi- ments were detached to form the nucleus of the maritime fortress garrisons . With this ...
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