Hussar
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A hussar was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely
Illustration of Archduke Stephen of Austria as a hussar
16th-century woodcut of a Hungarian hussar by Jost Amman
Painting of the Polish hussars by Aleksander Orłowski
Illustration of a Prussian Army hussar in 1763
Dragoon
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Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as con
Hussar
…in Zaragoza (Spain). Sweden had hussars from about 1756, and Denmark introduced this class of cavalry in 1762. Britain converted a number of light dragoon regiments to hussars in the early 19th century. The Dutch Republic took a Bavarian regiment into service in 1745 (Regiment Frangipani). Several new…
c. 1759–1761 painting of a British Army dragoon
Cartoon of a French dragoon intimidating a Huguenot in the Dragonnades
French dragoon of the Volontaires de Saxe
French dragoons at the Battle of Jena