| Show argument against cavalry with vilh the improvement in firearms a writer on war yar seems to think horses are losing value in ht battle he says let the horse be ever 6 0 swift the sabre ever so BO sharp or the rider leorr ever e so bold the con cal ball is too much for laica 1 lim tim A charge of cavalry upon a body of 0 js prop p properly enny enly armed infantry bids fair to be hence nvard forward to impossible two hundred yards has been fixed by the best authority as toe proper charging distance an ani 1 in bygone by gone da days 8 it was pay ply ay at two hundred yards that t the he fire re of a i Js hoare ia began to tell and saddles to be emptied a days the iron rain patters on the how hop hottinen linen irnen before they get within ha f a mile of the foe if they quicken their thair pace ace Z to cloie cloe the maddest charge wilt will wi not tring iring brink bring a 1 bragoon cra ora goon horse on the bayonet in less than t tofee mi marues rues es and when he be arrives he is blonn blown and disabled when be arrives if le be arrives we should say for tor even in travers s lul ef eight r ht hundred yards at the top of his hs spee speed d be receives half a dozen volleys flom atom praised practised shar sharl shooters to send cavalry on 1 suar service will we may safely predict predicts be considered madness 11 the e foor soldier has a swifter messenger in his I 1 canouch barouch Houch ca box than the fleetest hussar bussar 3 |
