With a one-thousand-strong cavalry force of Alans, Bulgarians and possibly Hungarians and two thousand infantrymen, Ivan was to defend the city from Byzantine raids.
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.
The first attempt at serious military training among the Civil Guards was the establishment of a 200-strong "cavalry school" at the Saksanniemi estate, in the vicinity of the town of Porvoo, in September 1917.
This influx of horses improved the capacity of the French cavalry, as Joachim Murats 11,000-strong cavalry reserve demonstrated later at the Battle of Eylau in February 1807.
The French train the strongest cavalry unit of the game, the Cuirassier (at the cost of 3 population spaces).
The plains proved well suited to horse breeding, and the Thessalians were strong in cavalry.
Harold of England had then been "strong in cavalry".
Once again, the royalists had a strong advantage in cavalry, with their army consisting of 6,000 infantry and 2,400 cavalry against Padilla's 7,000 infantry and 400 cavalry.
Under Juan José was a rebel French force commanded by the renowned fighter Louis II de Bourbon, 4th prince de Condé, and several regiments of English, Scottish, and Irish royalists commanded by the duke of York (later James II). Juan José had a strong superiority in cavalry, but he had left his artillery behind so as not to delay his advance.
