Emboldened by the dastardly conduct of the men of the 2nd Light Cavalry, the Afghan horsemen dashed on, driving their enemy before them, and not stopping till they were almost within reach of the British guns.
A charge of the 3rd Light Dragoons, aided by light cavalry, had chastised on one point the presumption of the Sikhs.
A good military escort and vanguard should always accompany and precede the foragers, for protection against the enemy's light cavalry and an insurgent militia.
In this sense of the term, light infantry, light cavalry or dragoons, artillery, and engineers, are not classed as troops of the line.
At this juncture Colonel Somerset, of the 7th Dragoon Guards (then quartered at the Cape, and mounted as light cavalry), displayed an enterprise and courage which entitled him to much honour.
The work oflight cavalry makes it inevitable that they be captured sometimes.
If all our cavalry could wear the cuirass and at the same time do the fatiguing work of light cavalry, if all our horses could in addition carry the cuirass through such work, I say that there should be only cuirassiers.
A young Colonel of light cavalry, asked carbines for his cavalry.
Dumouriez, at the battle of Jemmapes, threw out whole battalions as skirmishers, and supporting them by light cavalry, did wonders with them.
In this charge the 9th light cavalry took a standard and several pieces of artillery, and the Scinde horse took the enemy’s camp, from which a vast body of their cavalry slowly retired fighting.
One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland.
The heavy cavalry was collected in a single strong reserve, composed of two divisions of cuirassiers, four of dragoons, and one of light cavalry.
If it had been Massena and Wellington instead of two young officers of light cavalry, we could not have weighed it all with more judgment.
But however that may be, there is no doubt that in the small stratagems of war, and in that quickness of invention which is so necessary for an officer of light cavalry, I could hold my own against anyone.
For my own part I was endeavouring, as an officer of light cavalry should, to form an idea of the lay of the country, to note the course of the streams, and to mark the places where there should be fords.
I am but a colonel of light cavalry, but I am Etienne Gerard, and the name stands for something in the French army.
And the best swordsman in the six brigades of light cavalry.
They should, therefore, be protected by supports of light cavalry, which can act promptly and swiftly.
In Light cavalry, the only weapons are the sabre and pistol; and the men and horses are light and active, rather than strong and large.
When he chose the latter he invariably went for cavalry, ignorant or regardless of the harder work devolving on that arm; and almost invariably it was a light cavalry regiment in which he enrolled himself--always under a false name.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "light cavalry" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
