Cavalry

Scipio also recognized something that Hannibal had understood for years.

Cavalry could be decisive in Mediterranean warfare.

During Hannibal's campaigns in Italy, Carthage had frequently benefited from the exceptional skill of Numidian horsemen.

The Numidians were people of North Africa whose kingdom occupied territories west and southwest of Carthage.

Yeah, I guess.

Cavalry would have been good, but...

Yeah, exactly.

But for a single model, it's not for me.

The video uses the Shareboard campaign that is part of the Warfighter War system.

For the third week of November 2026, Seek Out and Play presents the Artillery and Cavalry rules for Blue and Grey Deluxe Edition by Decision Games.

In the video, you will learn how the Cavalry and Artillery work in the battles presented in the game.

For those who own the Deluxe Edition, and even for those who own the previous editions by SPI and TSR, the video will help you incorporate the rules into your Blue and Grey battles.

And that's it for this edition of the Speak Out and Play podcast.

I was like, this is bad.

The interesting thing, what you're talking about is because they were the 41st Cavalry.

They talked about they started training with horses, like real horses.

And then they moved to tanks.

But I just felt that Brian was such a significant character in SAS history, and it would...

He, he, he's missing, if you like, from the tally of, of famous people.

And if I'm gonna put him back in there, I want to make sure they're quite happy about it.

Right.

What-- You know, is, is he, is he work-- What-- You know, is he working class? Is he-- Where is he born? Is he, is he born in India, or is he born in the, you know, in Scotland? Where's, where's he from exactly?

Okay.

He, um, he came, he was, he was born into a, a very sort of well-to-do Edwardian family.

His father was a professional soldier.

Infantry units organize cross-country races, which help enormously in maintaining the men in fit marching condition.

Cavalry units get up scouting competitions and other sporting fixtures based on work, to say nothing of tent pegging, lemon cutting, and other forms of military sport, of which the Royal Military Tournament annually affords examples, while shooting ranges form fields for weekly competitions at such times as they are not in use for annual musketry courses.

The actual composition of the various units composing the British Army differs from that of continental armies, the only units of strength which are identical being those of the Army Corps and the division which is half an Army Corps.

The next unit in the scale is the brigade, which is composed of three batteries of field or two of horse artillery, three regiments of cavalry, or four battalions of infantry.

Chapter five of The British Army from Within by E. Charles Vivian.

This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

Chapter five, Cavalry.

Practically any man of the twenty-eight cavalry regiments of the line will announce with pride that he belongs to the right of the line.