On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...
Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of ...
At Austerlitz, precision met violence. While the infantry pressed forward, six regiments of French heavy cavalry struck hard — breaking the Allied line and turning a close battle into a decisive ...
The largest cavalry charge in history broke the 1683 Siege of Vienna, effectively ending Ottoman expansion into Western ...
At the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, the Charge of the Light Brigade became one of the most famous — and tragic — cavalry charges in history. In this video, we recount how a miscommunication sent ...
BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - An "Australian light horse brigade" of history enthusiasts rode through the Israeli desert town of Beersheba on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of a World ...