Show Cromwell as a Cavalryman John Morley In the Century At or Horncastle fight Oct 11 1643 as soon as the men had bud knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge of the coming they were very full of joy jO and resolution think thinking thinking thinking ing it a great mercy that they should now fight with him and on they went singing their psalms Cromwell In the thevan thevan thevan van The royalist dragoons gave Mm him Mma hima l in ina a first volley as he fell with brave res upon them and then hen at half a second and his horse was killed under him But he took a sot sol soldIers dIers horse and promptly mounting again rejoined the charge which way was wasso aD aDSO so and performed with so 00 much admirable courage and resolution tion that hat the enemy stood not another anther but were driven back on heir own body It was bras clear that a new newt cavalry leader had arisen in England as daring as the dreaded Rupert but with a cool coolness coolness coolness ness in the red blaze of battle a piercing pierc piercing piercing ing eye for the shifts and changes In tL Inthe it the fortunes of the day above all aU wi a power of wielding his phalanx with witha a combined steadiness and mobility such as the fiery prince never had Whether Rupert or Oliver was first to change cavalry tactics Is among ex experts experts experts matter of dispute The e older way had been to fire a volley before the charge The front rank discharged its pistols then opened right and left and the second rank took its place eo so down to the fifth Then came the onset with swords and of their firearms The new plan was to substitute the tactics of the shock for forthe forthe forthe the horse to keep close together knee to knee to face the enemy front to front from and either to receive the hostile charge in steady strong cohesion or else in the same cohesion to bear down on the foe sword in hand and not to fire either pistol or carbine until they had bad broken through |