Instructions and regulations for the formations and movements of the cavalry

Instructions and regulations for the formations and movements of the cavalry

His Majesty's regulations for the Cavalry|Formations and movements of cavalry

Third edition

[London] Printed for the War-office by T. Egerton 1799

xvi, 374, [2] p., 13 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. (8vo)

L2005F255 1799

(OCoLC)23638492

Half title: His Majesty's regulations for the Cavalry
Spine title: Formations and movements of cavalry
Adjutant General's Office, 17th June, 1796; Adjutant General's Office, April, 1797; [signed]: Wm. Fawcett, Adjutant-General--p. [v]
Signatures: [A]8 B-2A8 2B4
Final leaf blank
"Over the winter of 1795-6 Dundas, now returned with the army from the continent, prepared the text of a more complete cavalry drill; and in the spring of 1796 this was fully tested in a cavalry camp near Weymouth, at which Gen. Sir William Pitt again took command with Dundas as his second ... on 17 June 1796 the full cavalry drill, the 1796 regulations, were finally issued to the British horse ..."--Cf. Houlding

Houlding, J.A., Fit for service p. 250

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