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So Poles win the Best Cavalry Charge Award [:)] Congrats to Zbig and Tomasz! [:D]

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Charge of the Polish cavalry at Somosierra is at the top although it was a failue.

You can read the details at http://www.napoleon-series.org/military ... ierra.html


GdD Dejan Zupancic, Comte de St. Pol

Saxe Division de Cavalerie
L' Armée du Rhin

1 Pulku Piechoty
Legia Nadwislanskiej
la Moyenne Garde

Well if we go back 100 years or so we have Polish Winged Lancers crushing Turk army at Wienna in 1683 or even further away 1605 at Kircholm were Polish Winged Lancers charged at 11.000 strong Swedish army... the result poles lost around 100 KIA and the Swedish army was broken loseing around 8000 KIA... Polish forces in that battle counted less then 4.000 men

Correct term is Winged Hussars (Husaria). But you're correct, they were lancers.
They were one of the most spectacular soldiers of all time. Unlike later time Hussars they were heavy (armored) cavalry, an elite force of the Polish kingdom in its peak times.


GdD Dejan Zupancic, Comte de St. Pol

Saxe Division de Cavalerie
L' Armée du Rhin

1 Pulku Piechoty
Legia Nadwislanskiej
la Moyenne Garde

During the battle of Leipzig, von Yorck gathered his troops at Mockers and counterattacked with 2 squadrons of Brandenburg hussars and 1 sq. of horse volunteer-jagers who until now stood in a hollow ground and were unseen to the French. Behind them advanced Brandenburg Uhlan Regiment. Once they came closer to the French infantry the 308 Brandenburg hussars "wheeled out" and charged. The French formed two squares and fired. The salvo made little impression on the hussars, they broke and pursued the French. The infantry ran towards own artillery and thus masking their fire. In effect the entire battery was captured by the hussars. Regiment of Wirtembergian cavalry struck the Prussians on the left flank but was immediately charged by 2 sq. of Prussian uhlans (342 men). The Prussian uhlans and hussars broke two regiments of Wirtembergians and captured 9 guns. During pursuit they met battalion of 1st Marine Infantry Regiment and slashed it to pieces. The uhlans continued their brilliant charge and broke several other squares.

Jurgass sent forward 1st 'West Prussia' Dragoon Regiment, 'Lithuania' Dragoon Regiment and several regiments of Landwehr cavalry. Total of 2.000-3.000 of cavalry flooded French positions. The dragoons attacked French cavalry, broke them and pursued towards Gohlis. They also captured 4 guns and took prisoners. Another group of cavalry, dragoons and Landwehr, attacked battalion deployed in line and broke it by attacking one flank. Battalions of 1st and 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment formed squares and attempted to halt the Prussians. But the Mecklenburg hussars took them from the rear while from the front attacked Prussian infantry. The marines broke in the instant, lost a flag and 700 prisoners. The 2nd Leib Hussar Regiment took 2 French flags and 2 guns, and the Landwehr and national cavalry also captured several guns.

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Pruss ... poleon.htm

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dejan Zupancic</i>
<br />Charge of the Polish cavalry at Somosierra is at the top although it was a failue.

You can read the details at http://www.napoleon-series.org/military ... ierra.html


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Saxe Division de Cavalerie
L' Armée du Rhin

1 Pulku Piechoty
Legia Nadwislanskiej
la Moyenne Garde
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Dejan, there're still many historians making the same mistakes.
The problem is their accounts are based on false descriptions of the charge from de Segur ("Histoire et Memoirs") and Thiers ("Historie du Consulat et de l'Empire").

A great site that clarifies all the myths and legends (Thiers versus the facts!) is here:

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/battl ... sierra.htm


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