Big Men on Big Horses: Napoleon revived French armored cavalry cuirassiers as shock troops.
On 6 August 1870 at battle of Reichshoffen they made one of their last significant charges. Then found themselves packed tight and raked by Prussian crossfire in streets of Morsbronn. https://t.co/i0Fdsi5i53
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December 3, 2021
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