It is unfortunate many URL websites are very busy in the winter which will make it difficult for you. Some of my links showed the page on the website - if the links are too long - maybe you should erase the page detail and only put the main URL 'home' page in your browser address (this is what I do).
Maybe cousin Dorothea Louise was from the rich side of the family? :-))
<<Johann August had a good job after his army career he was a kind of
administrator in a horse stud in Memsen/Hoya were the famous hanoveran horses came
from. And this job was surely important, cause i think those horses have been
important for the cavallery in those days. Not only the german the english too.>>
You are correct - horses were very important in the army. All Dragoon Guards and Infantry had a "Farrier" who was what we now call a 'vetinary surgeon' (animal doctor). Army uniforms were red or blue, but the Farrier always wore a black uniform and he had a special large axe with a long handle to kill horses injured in battle (I forget the name of the axe). I think your army Sergeant must have been very knowledgeable to obtain work on such a famous stud farm.
<<i think those horses have been important for the cavallery in those days. Not only the german the english too>>
This reminds me of the Belgian Horse Cavalry who took out their swords and galloped headlong towards their enemy - unfortunately for them their enemy were sitting in tanks!
<<i think those horses have� been important for the cavallery in those days.
Not only the german the english� too>>
This reminds me of the Belgian Horse Cavalry who took out their swords and galloped headlong towards their enemy - unfortunately for them� their enemy were sitting in tanks!
A lot of nice information you've provided Armin recently, excepting this last snippet <g>. Never read any accounts of the Belgians being this foolish [can you cite?], but as late as 1939 we have all heard of the Polish Cavalry charging bravely but futilely into Panzer formations (General Guderian could only have wished such a sweet dream). But like so many other tall tales from the battlefield (and especially WWII), this one remains more a myth than a reality. The Polish Lancers of 1939 were more than aware of the destructive punch the German Panzers could deliver in battle, and would have been openly committing suicide if they employed such aggressive (and mindless) tactics on the battlefield from atop their horses.
A more reasonable scenario would be that the Polish cavalry charged upon exposed German infantry placements at various times, and then were surprised (= caught unaware) by German tanks and armored carriers that moved into position. At that point an otherwise successful charge would almost instantly transform into a desperate retreat for survival, and often did (as was the case in the well known incident when two divisions of Guderian's armor ended up decimating the 18th Lancers lead by Col. Mastalerz). That such colorfully depicted attacks, like those of horse mounted, sword bearing cavalry units charging headlong into tank and armor placements, never really occurred does not seem to have diminished the popularity of these tales, even among serious historians. Most of this finds its roots in wartime propaganda, as is used by all sides when they warrant it to their advantage. But what's new eh? (witness the war in Iraq for more in this regard)
In the end, the Polish (and I'm sure Belgian) cavalry of WWII moved and transported using horses but almost always fought using infantry tactics (and with at least partial support from armored units), as did everyone else from the Wehrmacht to the Russian Cossacks. As it were, the Polish armed forces fought with great determination and courage, and gave the Germans a lot of difficulty in many places. It was the superior military efficiency of the Germans, and the newly introduced "blitzkrieg" tactics they brought to bear, that overwhelmed the Poles in the end, and not mythically foolhardy charges (though I admit it makes for some colorful stories).