I would like to share with you thess two paintings by Polish painter Jerzy Kossak , of old Kossak family from Cracow-Krakow, who painted during the first half of XX century, mostly horses, portraits and military subjects eg pinakoteka.zascianek Jerzy Kossak
These two paintings show winged hussars in battle, astride their splendid steeds. about to go into the inferno of fighting; especially the second painting narrates the beginning of fateful charge by a single hussar banner against the entire Osmanli Turkish cavalry in front of their camp at Vienna. The charge proved that mass cavalry assault would be possible and thus king John III Sobieski ordered the entire cavalry - 20,000 - to charge the Turkish forces down the slopes.
Battle of Chocim Anno Domini 1673 kismeta.com chocim_1673
Battle of Vienna Anno Domini 1683, kismeta.com siege_of_Vienna or imperfect article on wikipedia-Battle_of_Vienna
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sorry for the poor quality of these photos
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