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Paperback The Lancers of Bhurtpore: a Diary and History of the 16th Lancers in India 1822-1834 Book

ISBN: 1782828494

ISBN13: 9781782828495

The Lancers of Bhurtpore: a Diary and History of the 16th Lancers in India 1822-1834

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The first campaign in which British Army cavalry fought with the lance

Napoleon's light cavalry taught its enemies, in harshly learned lessons, that the lance was a highly effective weapon of first contact. Nevertheless, the British Army had not, to the close of the war with France in 1815, adopted it. This policy was soon changed and the 16th Light Dragoons, together with several other regiments, were converted to lancers...

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