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1、mmm126MILITARYMEN-AT-ARMSSERIESWELLINGTON'SLIGHTCAVAL~YBR~~NFOSTEN'Wellintton'sL:ight@avalryIntroductionanotherregimentwasraised,largelyfromthesamepersonnel,andtheDukeofCumberlandassumedthecolonelcy.PresentlyitachievedtheUntil1745theBritishcavalrycomprisedon
2、lystatusofa'light'unit.'Horse'and'Medium'regiments;therewerenoTheregimentwasdisbandedin1748,andthelightcorps.However,duringtheJacobiteRebel•BritishArmyhadnolightcavalryuntilApril1756liontheDukeofKingstonraised,athisownwhen,withsomereluctance,HorseGuardsagreede
3、xpene,aregimentof'LightDragoons'which,totheadditionofasingle'lighttroop'tomostheproposed,wouldbesimilartothehussarcavalryregiments.Thesetroopshadanestablish•regimentsalreadyservingwithsuccessinothermentofthreeofficers,atroopquartermaster,fiveEuropeanarmies.Alt
4、houghthisunitwasmountedonmalllighthorses,andarmedwithcurvedMaD1elukesabreofthe7thHussars,c.1810.FroD1theendofswordsandcarbinessuspendedonswivels,therethe18thcenturylightcavalryofficershadbeguntoadoptanOrientalstyleofsabreknownasthe'MaD1eluke'.Theywerewaslittle
5、otherconcessiontotheir'light'status,oftenunifonnlydesignedwithinaregiD1ent,andhadvariousandtheuniformremainedalmostidenticaltothattypesofscabbardandhilt.ThisexaD1plewasusedbyMaj.Hodge,theofficerwhowaswoundedleadingthechargeoftheheavydragoonregimentsofthetime.I
6、twasagainsttheFrenchlancersatGenappeafterQ.uatreBras.(NationalArD1YMuseuDl-asareallphotographsinthisdibandedin1746;butalmostimmediatelybook)'•3NCOs,twodrummersand60'lightandactive'whosebrilliantactioninGermanyearnedthemyoungtroopers,andtheyweremountedonsmall,
7、thehonour'Emsdorr,whichwassubsequentlynimblehorses.Thelighttroopsweredressedinemblazonedontheirhelmetsandcolours.Thethesameuniformsastheremainderoftheir15thwasfollowedbythe17th,18thand19th,andregimentsexceptthattheyweregivenanew•subsequentlythe20thand21St.In17
8、63,whenpatternheaddress-asmalljapannedleatherhostilitiesceased,thelasttwoandthe17thwerehelmetwithanuprightcombandfrontplatedisbanded;the18thbecamethe17th,andthemountedwithbrassanda
