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Post by tubman13 on Mar 17, 2014 15:35:13 GMT -6
Two questions. Don't expect large response, as is more trivia than anything else (1) When was the last mounted US Cavalry Charge?
I have found some actions, but were they really charges:
19 August 1900, Boxer Rebellion 6th US Cav. 5 May 1916 Mexico 11th US Cav. 9 Jan 1918 10th Reg., last attack on Indians, this surprised me, date wise. 12 September 1918 Nonsard France Cavalry Routed no reg. listed 16 January 1942 26th Cav. (Philippine Scouts) listed as US reg.
(2)Was there a preferred breed of horse and size (hands), for our cavalry in the 19th century?
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Post by quincannon on Mar 17, 2014 17:08:47 GMT -6
Tom: Don't let the parenthetical title Philippine Scouts fool you. They were regular U S Army, and theirs was the last cavalry charge on record and it was a charge made with .45 ACP's.
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Post by Yan Taylor on Mar 17, 2014 17:24:39 GMT -6
Tom, I think you have nailed it. Chuck you are as quick as a .45 bullet, you beat me to it mate.
The US 26th Cavalry charged Japanese troops from the 122nd Infantry at Moron in the Philippines on the 16th January 1942; the charge was led by Lt. Edwin Ramsey, Ramsey’s command of 24+ men charged whilst firing their guns, breaking up the Japanese advance and sending them running in all directions, they withdrew on their own accord to Bataan a few days later.
The last charge made by mounted units in the Pacific theatre was by a mounted Company of the Burma Frontier Force led by Captain Arthur Sandeman, and it consisted of; three British Officers and 100 Cavalry men (all Burmese), it took place on the 18th March 1942 at Toungoo, they encountered a Japanese force and got ambushed, Sandeman ordered the Charge and they all were shot to pieces, none survived.
Another version of the Captain Arthur Sandeman and his Burmese Frontier Force, it said 60 men and it was near Toungoo Airfield and MOST of the patrol was killed.
Ian.
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 17, 2014 18:07:47 GMT -6
Thank you much guys. Ian, thank you doubly as I wasn't sure Allenby's wasn't the last, British mounted charge.
Regards, Tom
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Post by Yan Taylor on Mar 18, 2014 9:11:34 GMT -6
Just as Chuck described; Attachments:
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 18, 2014 11:19:32 GMT -6
Ian, you are quite the art dealer, today. Thanks.
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Post by Yan Taylor on Mar 18, 2014 11:47:31 GMT -6
Thanks Tom, I do have an eye for the finer things in life, like a good sirloin steak with sides and a good bottle of red. Have you noticed the look on the Japanese guy on the bottom left, it like he is says oh sh*t, or in Japanese “chikushō” It’s the same in this painting too;
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 20, 2014 15:10:22 GMT -6
Different parts of the same painting, maybe. I think the word may have started with an F.
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