I was still unable to tell what I was fighting; I did not know whether I was striking infantry or dismounted cavalry.
But the Confederate artillery gained a position where it could enfilade his lines, and at the same time he was attacked in the rear by a detachment of dismounted cavalry.
When he arrived at Appomattox Court House, April 9th, a week from the day he set out, he found Sheridan's dismounted cavalry in line across his path, and his infantry advanced confidently to brush them away.
Our movement had been sharply resisted by the enemy, but so far as we could see, only by dismounted cavalry.
The brigade of dismounted cavalry in my division was left at the river as a guard for the wooden bridge which was kept up till the railway bridge was built and opened for use.
Crittenden's brigade of dismounted cavalry reported to me for temporary duty as infantry with my division.
Dismounted Cavalry Brigade, had crossed the Oise at Manicamp.
The only artillery with which the dismounted cavalry opened on Barlow was Rosser's battery and Custer and his men were between Barlow and that battery.
The writer is of the opinion that the "infantry" was Butler's dismounted cavalry which, when in a good position as they were that day, could do as good fighting as any infantry in the confederate service.
Away to the front, a thousand yards or more, was an open stretch of cleared fields, across which was a light line of dismounted cavalry skirmishers, firing away at the defenders of the earthworks.
The enemy's dismounted cavalry opened on him (sic.
This post was frontally attacked by a section of dismounted cavalry who, however, were held up by machine-gun fire until American machine guns came into action.
In the Ourcq Valley toward La Fierte-Milon another body of dismounted cavalry had to stand against some of the best Prussian troops, including the first division of the Guards.
Early yesterday morning a handful of dismounted cavalry, greatly employed for liaison work, fought their way back to the French lines from the surrounded hill of Plemont.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dismounted cavalry" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
