tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post1847232132203733303..comments2024-03-19T08:10:10.856-06:00Comments on Dariusz caballeros: Kluszyn or Klushino AD 1610Dario T. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-70246345632889442092013-04-02T16:16:42.670-06:002013-04-02T16:16:42.670-06:00Hello John, you know you are right - and God willi...Hello John, you know you are right - and God willing I will get to those Spanish-Dutch wars, thanks for reminding me about them - Turnhout is on my list, I have been studying the arms and armour of XVI century, so things will appear. Do you have a good book to suggest on this battle?<br />Early modern cavalry and infantry - there seems to have been waves of sorts (eg English seem to 'gloat,' judging from number of books on the Civil War and absence of real good military hisotry books on the XVII century European continent wars, that English Civil War 're-invented' cavalry charge at canter and even gallop while on the continent cavalry banners/companies galloped to war without any knowledge of this invention - I guess it is a matter of perspective), all the way until the firepower made later XIX century cavalrymen into dragoons, thus eg 1939 Polish uhlans or Wermacht horsemen were just dragoons in the way they were intended in XVI century - infantry on horseback. <br />Thanks again and keep commentingDario T. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-25556507917246965372013-04-02T02:54:09.431-06:002013-04-02T02:54:09.431-06:00Indeed an incredible achievement by the Polish hus...Indeed an incredible achievement by the Polish hussars. <br /><br />However, the breaking of the pike phalanx at the end of the battle by the hussar, although it might sound incredible at first, was not a supernatural achievement. Infantry that has been exhausted and had their morale shattered by the sight of their mounted comrades fleeing in a panicked rout were routinely broken by determined cavalry charges during battles in the 17th and 18th century. Then it became a question of morale instead of physics - the footmen threw down their weapon and ran for it, allowing the victorious horsemen to slaughter them at will. Dutch cuirassiers completely destroyed veteran Spanish lancers and pikemen on their own at Turnhout in 1597, with very little losses themselves. Examples of extraordinary resistance by infantry abandoned by their cavalry existed, such as the Swiss at Dreux in 1562 and the Spanish tercios at Rocroi in 1643, but note that in both battles the majority of the foot were routed after losing their cavalry support.<br /><br />All in all after the 'infantry revolution' concept in the 16th century, European cavalry undergoes a revolution as well a bit later, and would continue to dominate warfare until the 18th century. Even during the Napoleonic period having cavalry superiority often guaranteed victory.John Huanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840974254241354629noreply@blogger.com