Sentence examples for war cavalry from inspiring English sources

"Only so far as you need it to put on an effective display," says David Robinson, of the 16th Lancers First World War Cavalry Display team.

Morpurgo was initially reluctant to allow the adaptation to go ahead, worried by what has become the production's biggest-selling point: its use of puppeteers and mime artists to portray the horses in his story about first world war cavalry.

A British journalist pursues, over several continents, the story of Josiah Harlan (1799-1871), Pennsylvania Quaker, soldier of fortune, autodidact surgeon, counterfeiter, dope smoker, Civil War cavalry officer (for the Union side), Central Asian suzerain and inspiration for the tale by Kipling, who had the unenviable job of making his subject's life appear humanly possible.

A British journalist pursues, over several continents, the story of Josiah Harlan (1799-1871), Pennsoldiera Quaker, sofdier ofortunene, autodidact surgeon, counterfeiter, dope smoker, Civil War cavalry officer (Union side), Central Asian suzerain and inspiration for the tale by Kipling, who had the unenviable job of making his subject's life appear humanly possible.

He calls his hand-hammered fenders "rollers" (slang for a police car) and has used Civil War cavalry swords as suicide shifters.

Early in the War, cavalry skirmishes were common, and horse-mounted troops widely used for reconnaissance.

The tools and techniques of pre-war cavalry often seemed inadequate, resulting in a steep learning curve that was costly in men and supplies.

In Steven Spielberg's "War Horse," the British cavalry, swords drawn, charges out of a hayfield at daybreak, gallops across an open plain, and overruns a German field camp.

In 1982, Michael Morpurgo wrote the novel War Horse, about a cavalry horse in the war.

Following the war, many cavalry regiments were converted to mechanised, armoured divisions, with light tanks developed to perform many of the cavalry's original roles.

He has 15 programs on the war: the cavalry, the artillery, the soldiers' lives.