Sentence examples for form a cavalry force from inspiring English sources

Johnston proposed to combine half of Bragg's horsemen with most of Pemberton's to form a cavalry force under Van Dorn which would swoop deep behind Union lines to attack vulnerable supply chains.

During the late 16th century, the Rajputs of Marwar, under the leadership of Moghul emperor Akbar, formed a cavalry force over 50,000 strong.

Then a Turkish cavalry force was sighted assembling in a valley, which the regiment opened fire on; they galloped away.

More immediately, he ordered a powerful cavalry force under the newly promoted Brig.

With a good cavalry force Alexander could expect to defeat any Persian army.

Muslim cavalry was a light cavalry force armed with 5 meter long lances.

The regiment remained, consolidating Saba until 2 November while the brigade's other regiment and the 4th Squadron were fighting a Turkish cavalry force.

Along with Malik ibn Shu'ayb, deputy governor of Malatya, al-Battal commanded a 20,000-strong cavalry force while Sulayman ibn Hisham led the main force behind them.

With his massed cavalry force he intended to drive the Byzantine cavalry entirely off the battlefield so that the infantry, which formed the bulk of the imperial army, would be left without cavalry support and thus would be exposed when attacked from the flanks and rear.

The cavalry brigades formed a dismounted cavalry battalion, numbered after their parent brigades, so the 9th Cavalry Brigade formed the 9th Dismounted Battalion, for example.

The three British cavalry divisions each formed a dismounted cavalry brigade, with the 1st Brigade being raised from the 1st Division, and so on.