lry approach to within forty paces,
or nearer still, and then give them a general volley.

At the battle of Neerwinden, in 1793, the Austrian cavalry was repulsed
by the French infantry under Dumouriez, by a volley poured in at the
very muzzles of the pieces.

At Austerlitz, a Russian cavalry charge on French infantry in line was
repulsed by a volley delivered so near, that it stretched four hundred
troopers on the ground. The rest dispersed in disorder to the right and
left.

3. The armor of cuirassiers is bullet-proof. To repel a charge of these
troops, therefore, it will be necessary to _aim at the horses_. Their
armor is so heavy, that the mere fall of the riders on the ground is
usually sufficient to disable them, as was the case with the French
cuirassiers at Waterloo.

4. Infantry in line, in two ranks even, may withstand cavalry, if in
compact order, and attacked _in front_. But the slightest cavalry charge
on the flank of a line will rout it.

At Quatre Bras, a French infantry line, advancing, repulsed a charge of
the Brunswicker Lancers under the Duke of Brunswick, by receiving it in
steadiness and good order, and then pouring in a destructive fire.

But, in the same battle, the Sixty-ninth British Regiment was instantly
rolled up and destroyed by a charge of French cuirassiers on its flank.

5. Where infantry is well disciplined, and its commander is cool and
prompt, it may sometimes _avoid the effect_ of a cavalry charge by other
means than its fire, or formation in square. At Talavera, a French
infantry division, drawn up in close column, seeing an English cavalry
regiment charging down upon them, avoided the shock by simply stepping
aside, thus allowing the cavalry to pass by them. A portion of the
charging troops wheeled round to follow them; but, by the cross-fire of
another division, and the charge of other cavalry, which fell upon it in
its confusion, it was completely annihilated.

6. A line of infantry charged by cavalry in flank, and so suddenly as to
allow no time to form square, could hardly escape destruction. It would
seem that the best course to be adopted in such a case would be to _open
the ranks_ by a rapid and simultaneous movement of both of them, thus
compelling the charging cavalry to ride between them. If the front rank
should then face about, this would bring the cavalry between two fires,
which might be poured in with most destructive effect.

But where the cavalry charges w