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July 24th, 2005  
LeEnfield
Tribunus Laticlavius
 
 
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In Britain we had the mounted Riflemen, who ride up to action then fight on foot. The horses were just to get them to action as quick as possible and as fresh as possible. Then they would use what cover there was to fight the enemy and drive him out of fixed position as horses in a lot of cases would have just provided a bigger target with out any gain.
 
 
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