Sentence examples for not cavalry from inspiring English sources

Bannockburn, like the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302), has been credited with initiating a new form of warfare in Europe in which infantry, not cavalry, dominated the battlefield.

Although the regiment used horses, they were not cavalry but mounted infantry, and were expected to ride to the battlefield, dismount and fight as traditional infantry.

Although the regiment used horses, they were not cavalry but mounted infantry, and expected to ride to the battlefield, dismount and then fight as traditional infantry.

Even though the regiment used horses, they were not cavalry but mounted infantry, and expected to ride to the battlefield, dismount and then fight as traditional infantry.

Not a cavalry charge in sight.

Not one cavalry trooper lived to tell the story of "Custer's Last Stand".

Defence reform, the dashing Mr zu Guttenberg will discover, is a war of attrition, not a cavalry charge.

Francis Pym, former foreign secretary, died 2007 "The trouble is, we have got a corporal at the top, not a cavalry officer".

The horses on the frieze would be a difficulty if the idea was to recall the battle in a literal way, because the battle was definitely not a cavalry affair; but it has been ingeniously suggested that the horses were intended to suggest "heroic" status in the technical sense of "hero," or demigod.

During the war, the U.S. Army did not have cavalry; the only mounted soldiers were part-time volunteers.

If infantry being attacked held firm in their square defensive formations, and were not panicked, cavalry on their own could do very little damage to them.