The military duties of the officers of cavalry containing the way of exercising the horse according to the practice of this present time : the motions of horse, the function of the several officers, from the chief captain to the brigadeer / written originally in French by the Sieur de la Fontaine, ingineer in ordinary to the most Christain king and translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war as it is practised in France, by A.L.
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The military duties of the officers of cavalry containing the way of exercising the horse according to the practice of this present time : the motions of horse, the function of the several officers, from the chief captain to the brigadeer / written originally in French by the Sieur de la Fontaine, ingineer in ordinary to the most Christain king and translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war as it is practised in France, by A.L.
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La Fontaine, sieur de.
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London :: Printed for Robert Harford ...,
1678.
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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
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"The military duties of the officers of cavalry containing the way of exercising the horse according to the practice of this present time : the motions of horse, the function of the several officers, from the chief captain to the brigadeer / written originally in French by the Sieur de la Fontaine, ingineer in ordinary to the most Christain king and translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war as it is practised in France, by A.L." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48253.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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The particular Officers
Are the Master de Camp, the first Captain commanding the Regiment, the Captains, the Master de Camp's Lieutenant, Major, the Lieutenant, Cornets, the Aid-major, Quarter-Ma∣sters, first and second Cavalier or Trooper.
We have besides in our Cavalrie the Kings Musketeers, who attend his Majesty when they are commanded.
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In the Cavalrie then we may ob∣serve six sorts of Horsemen.
1. To wit, the Kings Gend'armes.
2. The Guards du Corps.
3. The Light-Horse of the Kings Guard.
4. The Kings Musketeers.
5. The Cuirasseers.
6. The Dragoons.
When two, three, or more Troopers (as necessities require) are sent out to scout on the avenues, or to any place to discover the Enemy, they are called the Vedette, as in Foot the Sen∣tinel.
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