Cavalry in example sentence

Then the colonel did a wise stroke; for he reckoned that this would stave off the cavalry for five minutes, so he wheeled us into line, and got us back into a deeper hollow out of reach of the guns before they could open again.

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1876: On July 26th, on its way to attack a Lakota village, Custer's 7th Cavalry was crushed at the battle of Little Big Horn.

For this so-called "battle," 20 Congressional Medals of Honor for Valor were given to the 7th Cavalry.

AK: It had to have a rider, and it had to participate in cavalry charges.

A play about early 20th century plowing technology and cavalry charges was a little bit of a challenge for the accounting department at the National Theatre in London.

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