tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post5118426001509135362..comments2024-03-03T20:23:06.440+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: Cavalry: Its History and Tactics by Louis NolanConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-79149338199825932172011-02-18T11:50:14.405+00:002011-02-18T11:50:14.405+00:00I think I picked this one up for a fiver in Chapte...I think I picked this one up for a fiver in Chapters!Donoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575126069082006284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-1566568724477439792011-02-16T12:45:46.574+00:002011-02-16T12:45:46.574+00:00My my, it had escaped my attention that he was bor...My my, it had escaped my attention that he was born in Southern Ontario, like my friend Tom Nolan, and that he was 1/2 brother to a bevy of Macfarlanes! <br /><br />Have you seen the interesting obit from the Illustrated London News?<br />http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/crimea/obituary.html<br /><br />Colonel Denison's Award winning (literally won a competition set up th the Tsar) History of Cavalry is big on using revolvers as a shock weapon and even provides one example of its use by a privately acquired one at Balaclava though during the retreat rather then the charge, but also on mounted riflemen. My copy is the 2nd ed written after the Boer War which allowed him to write "told you so" <br />but the 1st edition is on line.<br />http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7241494M/A_history_of_cavalry_from_the_earliest_times<br /><br />Anyway thanks for bringing Nolan up. So many books, so little time.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-22450430586253319662011-02-16T05:07:29.569+00:002011-02-16T05:07:29.569+00:00Interestingly I just got a DVD of "The Charge...Interestingly I just got a DVD of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" on Friday and watched the movie this past weekend.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com