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Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry
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Yes I can and in all of these battles the cavalry were triumphant over solid infantry (Nor were the infantry poor quality)

Chaerona Alexanders Cavalry took out solid infantry in a frontal charge and smashed them.

An Unnamed Battle where Carolingian Heavy Horse went comepletely through a solid Viking shield wall breaking them.

Ravenna three climatic frontal charges against solid Landskchnecht and Spanish Pikes and the heavy horse went right through the pike square.

Marignano Thirty five frontal charges home against solid swiss infantry

Ceresole three deciding charges on their own against solid infantry punching right through them.

Dreux. The heavy horse made several frontal charges on their own against solid swiss pikemen they dealt out heavy casualties to the swiss and went right through the pike square would have broken them except the Swiss pikes were rescued by: Guess what? A Charge of Heavy Horse.

KIlchusny The Husaria charged through a fence and hit a solid pike square . . . Eleven times on the eleventh charge they broke the Russian infantry.

Kircholm The Husaria charged home against solid infantry on their own and broke them

Elyau French Lancers took on solid infantry in a deciding charge on their own and went right through them.

Dresden The French Lancers Hit Solid infantry in a frontal charge on their own and went right through them.

Omdurman The 21st Lancers broke solid infantry on their own in a frontal charge.

Was that what you had in mind? The idea that John Keegan touts about horses not charging home against solid infantry is nonsense.
Ben.
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Re: Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry - by Aulus Perrinius - 09-10-2009, 10:36 PM

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