Re: Cavalry Fighting

[Neil Maclay <nmaclay@btg.com>]

Poster: Neil Maclay <nmaclay@btg.com>

At 10:55 AM 10/7/96 PDT, you wrote:
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>Poster: "Terry L. Neill" <Neilltl@ptsc.slg.eds.com>
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>>Is there somewhere you know of that I might find more information such as 
>>that?  I'm planning on heading to Library of Congress sometime after 
>>Yule. 
>>Kyarstin
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>Look in your local library for books on Dressage.
>
>Things about the history of Lipizan Stallions and/or the Spanish Riding School
>(which is not in Spain, by the way...) will also give you information.
>
>Look up Cavalry, and go for the earlier stuff.  Civil War cavalry fighting
>is very different from Medieval Cavalry fighting.
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>There is a Greek author who wrote THE book on horseback riding.  It's still
>in use today.  I'm blanking on his name.  ...  ....  .....  Argh.  write
>later and I may remember.
>
>
>        - Terry
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I believe that Xenaphon, who was also the author of "Anabasis" better known
in english as "March of the Ten Thousand", is the name you are trying to 
remember.

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