Cavalry and chariots against infantry

[koechlyruestow]

My dear Peter,

I am certainly not British. And as far as differences between Albion and the continent are concerned, I strongly recommend you try Etudes sur le combat, for some very sobering and professional continental scepticism on the performance of cavalry as a projectile to crush infantry. And I saw a young German military historian on a German TV channel, did not catch his name unfortunately, who gave a description of the performance of the cavalry (and of infantry) at the battle of Liegnitz entirely agreeing with Keegan and especially Ardant du Picq (Keegan got most of his idea's from him, but he mistook Ardant for his Christian name, so it is difficult to retrieve him in his sources).

Sorry Peter, but I consider this piece of the great Winston Churchil as a standard battle piece, that is, a piece of literature, maskerading as battle-report/journalism. Don't get me wrong, I am sure most of the boys from the lancers were convinced this was what had happened, but that does not necesarilly make it true.