05-04-2011, 03:18 PM
I wanted to post up some more images of horses going through infantry at speed. And a nice one of a horse going over Byron at speed. mile:
But I also wanted to be able to cite Robert E. Gaebel's "Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World".
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=9183
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cavalry-Operatio...969&sr=1-2
http://ebookee.org/Cavalry-Operations-in...65307.html
It is a while since I have read it but he gives several descriptions of Macedonian cavalry entangled with their enemies in a sort of close order pushing match, certainly at the Granicus and at Gaugamela.
But I also wanted to be able to cite Robert E. Gaebel's "Cavalry Operations in the Ancient Greek World".
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=9183
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cavalry-Operatio...969&sr=1-2
http://ebookee.org/Cavalry-Operations-in...65307.html
It is a while since I have read it but he gives several descriptions of Macedonian cavalry entangled with their enemies in a sort of close order pushing match, certainly at the Granicus and at Gaugamela.
John Conyard
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