Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.
With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.
He spoke of his campaigns in the deserts of Mexico and he told them of horses killed under him and he said that the souls of horses mirror the souls of men more closely than men suppose and that horses also love war. Men say they only learn this but he said that no creature can learn that which his heart has no shape to holo
Nathan Bedford Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry. Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was to git thar fust with the most men.
A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.
The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.
