Napoleon's Cavalry Commanders
# 6 - # 11
by Terry J. Senior
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Of Napoleon's some 1,400 Generals,
about 500 of them were from the Cavalry branch of the
service and just to be different I thought
I would list who I consider to be the top
20 exponents of that arm. I have excluded
from this exercise, the Marshals.
This is not an easy task and requires
a good deal of thought and appraisal.
Many will find it surprising that
such talented cavalrymen as Sebastiani,
Exelmans, Arrighi di Cassanova, Jacquinot,
Bourcier, Marulaz, Klein,
Beker, and Coehorn etc failed to make
my list. If I had been including the Marshals,
I would say that Murat would
have been number 3, Bessieres at
number 8, but Grouchy would not be in
my listing. For what it is worth, here are
my top 20 cavalry commanders, and
some comments on each of them.
If anyone wishes to enter into a
discussion, offer any additional information
or comment on the content of this
article or indeed any of the Emperor’s
Generals I can be contacted in the usual
way. Here we continue with 6 through
to 11.
Napoleon's Cavalry Commanders # 6 - # 11
Napoleon's Cavalry Commanders # 12 - # 14
Napoleon's Cavalry Commanders # 15 - # 17
Napoleon's Cavalry Commanders # 18 - # 20
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