Episode 91: The Cavalry
The Age of Napoleon Podcast
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A History of Light Cavalry in the Balkans
The austrian and russian cavalry faced a difficult task. They would be forced to learn bloody lessons by facing the superior french horsemen in combat. The cossacks were some of the most skilled and fearsome light cavalry the world has ever seen. Their desperate charge on the pratzen heights near the end of the battle was the stuff of legends.
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