Your last telegram instructed us to find out why your hosts retain a cavalry regiment for the protection of the monarch.

Despite service in a cavalry regiment, however, he was not an accomplished rider.

He was wearing the uniform of a second lieutenant in a cavalry regiment.

He led an infantry regiment and later a cavalry regiment.

He was injured during this fight and left the service for some years, but returned in 1704 to command a cavalry regiment.

I was with an armoured cavalry unit, whose job it was to breach the insurgents' defences then carry out house clearances.

He was made commander of a cavalry unit with power to recruit 1500 foot soldiers as well.

The unit later expanded to include two infantry detachments, a cavalry unit and an artillery battery.

It was also considered insufficiently versatile, especially when compared with a standard cavalry unit, which had much better off-road capabilities and speed.

Preserved biological finds indicate that the garrison included a cavalry unit.