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Meaning of "horse artillery"
Horse artillery refers to a type of artillery unit that is accompanied by horses for transportation. These units were commonly used in warfare before the advent of motorized vehicles. The horses were used to quickly move the artillery pieces to different positions on the battlefield. Horse artillery was known for its mobility and ability to provide rapid and flexible firepower support
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- Field artillery with comparatively light guns and the gunners mounted on horses.
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They were accompanied by two companies of horse artillery.
Troop horse artillery may accompany.
These improvements proved a great advantage to horse artillery as well.
The horse artillery was the elite.
The artillery was divided in horse artillery and foot artillery.
The horse artillery were especially well suited for this tactic.
He then served one year as a volunteer in the horse artillery.
Part of the horse artillery on one occasion actually mutinied.
Already we heard the sharp ring of the horse artillery.
Two brigades of horse artillery were in reserve at Harmignies.
Unfortunately he does not state which detachment supported the horse artillery.
The French also had two horse artillery batteries.
The Horse Artillery were considered to be the elite units.
The artillery train included three foot and four horse artillery batteries.
Yet only a small detachment of horse artillery was dispatched to the second line near Wola.
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I have decided to join the Royal Horse Artillery.
He also brought horse artillery from nearby Dum Dum.
Bethune was initially an artillery lieutenant in the Madras Horse Artillery.
Royal Horse Artillery units formed artillery support to the mounted brigades.
The first mass could only be dispersed after horse artillery came into action.
Horse Artillery officers.
The Second Lieutenant Hills of the horse artillery remains alone in resisting the enemy.
Consisting of four divisions of cavalry, supported by horse artillery.
Two troops of the Royal Horse Artillery were being organised.
Horse artillery units generally used lighter pieces, pulled by six horses.
He was an officer in the Royal Horse Artillery for seven years.
Colomb 's horse artillery blew open the Sabelpoort gate while the Jans gate also fell quickly.
Subsequently he was assigned to the Regiment of Horse Artillery of the Guard.
Subsequently, the cavalry and horse artillery units rearmed with tanks and self-propelled artillery.
Poor girl, she became involved with a young captain in the horse artillery.
They momentarily lost a Horse Artillery battery, and several officers and men were killed and wounded.
Instead, the attackers would usually try to deploy horse artillery accompanying the cavalry.
Stuart 's horse artillery under Captain James Breathed then began bombarding the town.
There were 6 administrative regiments of horse artillery plus one in the guard.
The troop Horse artillery may accompany. French Cavalry is on your left.
A series of Union charges finally forced Stuart 's horse artillery to withdraw, and then his cavalry.
He is general credited with creating Frederick the Great 's vaunted horse artillery.
There was also at Frasnes a Dutch horse artillery battery, under Captain Byleveld.
Gen. Solomon Meredith was sent out to deal with the Confederate horse artillery.
Jules Brunet, lieutenant to the Horse Artillery Regiment of the Guard, artillery instructor.
The army 's artillery contingent included one battery from the 4th Horse Artillery Regiment.
Two brigades of horse artillery were assigned to the Army of the Potomac 's Cavalry Corps.
At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Polish Army horse artillery.
A horse artillery squadron, with a staff and company of foot artillery . ”.
Barthélémy Izard, sergeant, chief artificier of the Horse Artillery Regiment of the Guard.
In addition, horse artillery ammunition wagons were harnessed with an extra pair 6 horse instead of 4.
Several months later, he was attached to India with the Royal Horse Artillery.
In the U.S., units of horse artillery were generally referred to officially as " light artillery.
They are still active today as part of the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
Six-horse Royal Horse Artillery team with 13-pounder cannon at speed during the first world war.
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