Talk:Light cavalry

Distinctions between "light", "medium" and "heavy" cavalry prior to 1914

Part of the recently added passage dealing with the above has been tagged as "dubious". The source for the broadly defined roles given is the "Cavalry" article in the 1911 edition of the Encylopaedia Britannica and a reference to volume and page was given in the section. Could the editor who posted the tag please specify what specific points are disputed. I would note that (i) the armies referred to are those of Europe, not of the Americas; (ii) the basis for classifying a given sub-category of mounted troops as "light" (e.g. hussars), medium (e.g dragoons) or "heavy" (e.g cuirassiers) related to the weight carried and the role intended as well as the size of the horses ridden ; and (iii) the passage refers to the regular European mounted forces of the pre-World War I era - that is to say to cavalry trained and equipped to fulfill its final "classical" purpose rather than the limited functions that were to prove feasible after August 1914.Buistr (talk) 04:27, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Croats as a synonym for Light cavalry

Light Cavalry most often were not troops characteristic for Western or Central Europe so that military contingents are called according to origin: Cossacks, Poles, Hungarians or Croats claim in master's thesis(2017) based on 328 P. WILSON, Europe's Tragedy, 93.-94 and "The term Croat can be characterized as one of the phenomena of the Thirty Years' War. It is a term that primarily refers to the genus of the army, more specifically the irregular light horseman characteristic of the Habsburg-Ottoman border area. This type of horseman was almost unknown to Western and Central Europe at the time so it was easiest to call him as a "Croat" clame based and on Vladimir Huzjan, „Pokušaj otkrivanja nastanka i razvoja kravate kao riječi i odjevnog predmeta“, Povijesni prilozi (PP), 34/2008, br. 34, 107 while Vladimir Huzjan lists historians who speak of Croats in the Light cavalry and Thirty Years' War as follows: Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski( Borba Hrvatah u Tridesetogodišnjem ratu), Aládar Ballagi u Wallenstein’s Kroatische arkebusire 1623- 1626, Oscar Teubel i Rudolf Ottenfelds u Die Osterreichische Armee 1700.–1867 Ernest Bauer(Croats in hirty Years' War, Velimir Vukšić (u seriji bogato ilustriranih članaka u časopisu Hrvatski vojnik od rujna 1997. do ožujka 1998), Vladimir Brnardić (napisao je članak Švedski vojni muzej i u njemu donosi fotografije te detaljniji opis nekoliko zastava hrvatskih konjaničkih pukovnija iz Tridesetogodišnjeg rata), Borislav Arapović (Hrvatska simbolika u Švedskoj), Luc Orešković ( U knjizi Louis XIV. i Hrvati– neostvaren savez donio je i prikaz tri zanimljive karte.)page 104-105 Otherwise in master's thesis from page 69 to the page 88 exist lists of the Croatian units and battles in which Croatian units participated. On the page 89 is also a map with all these battles. Otherwise the word "phenomena" in master's thesis for term "Croat" says it all(there must be a lot of original historical data to prove this phenomena) and there are, there exist numerous legends about Croats, even toponyms Mikola22 (talk) 17:33, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

This is not an article about 30-years War, so Croats out of the main scope. If someone writes a separate section, information from this dissertation may be included there. But, first of all, indicate the exact page, because page 53 does not contain anything like your sentence.--Nicoljaus (talk) 17:53, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Page 52,53 Na kraju manji dio carske vojske činila je i neregularna laka konjica. Najčešće to nisu bile postrojbe karakteristične za zapadnu ili srednju Europu pa se takvi vojni kontingenti nazivaju prema porijeklu: Kozaci, Poljaci, Mađari ili Hrvati.328 Light Cavalry most often were not troops characteristic for Western or Central Europe so that military contingents are called according to origin: Cossacks, Poles, Hungarians or Croats. There is mention of Light cavalry and article is about Light cavalry where that information should be?Mikola22 (talk) 18:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

You missed the word "irregular", and that completely changes the meaning. Light cavalry was common in Western Europe, unlike irregular horsemen. In addition, it is only about the Imperial army of the 30-years War. Making the conclusion, this is a poor source, inappropriate for a review article on light cavalry in general.--Nicoljaus (talk) 18:32, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

A hussar (/həˈzɑːr/ hə-ZAR,[2] /hʊˈzɑːr/) (Polish: huzar, Hungarian: huszár, Serbian Latin: husar, Serbian Cyrillic: хусар) was a member of a class of light cavalry, From my source:The cavalry in the Military Frontier consisted of arkebuzers and Hussars. The Krajina arkebuzers and Hussars left the deepest mark in the Thirty Years' War of all the military contingents of Croatia and Slavonia. European Christian countries that used this type of cavalry were primarily Polish-Lithuanian Union and the Kingdom of Hungary. From article: Cossacks: Russian irregular light horse, Uhlans: originally Polish light cavalry armed, Hussars: distinctively dressed light cavalry. Then what Russians, Poles and Hussars doing in the article? Mikola22 (talk) 18:53, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

I lost the thread of discussion. If you agree that this sentence is not nedeed, but you see some other shortcomings in the article, you can try to fix them. But pay attention - sources should consider the subject as a whole, there is no need to pull out random slips. And best if these sources are in English. "Light cavalry" is a fairly international phenomenon, sources must be easily found.--Nicoljaus (talk) 19:51, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

A hussar was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries But they are "irregular" light cavalry and that's why I put information about Croats as light cavalry because they are also Hussars. My source I quote: "In addition to the irregular ones, there were regular regiments of Croats, the first of which was formed in 1625 under the command of Count Isolan. In the next 11 years the number of regiments increased to 19". The name Croats is for them all. I have edited this article with good faith because the same is about Light cavalry. If this data do not belong to this article then it belongs to article about Hussars. These are historical facts that historians write about. You delete from this article all those who are "irregular" Light cavalry just like you did with my data. Mikola22 (talk) 20:53, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

You think too much about something else, and not about how to write an encyclopedia, that’s the problem. Well, look for a third party that your reasoning will somehow impress (I am not).--Nicoljaus (talk) 22:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

This article still contains information that should not be included despite my editing, therefore if you do it in good faith then correct or delete those facts from the article. You said that irregular units have nothing to do with Light cavalry then why are you deleting just my information?And Hussars are irregular units but they are also under Light cavalry and you have to delete it if you do everything in good faith. When you start editing articles after that more of other articles must be edited so you act like an elephant in a glass shop. Mikola22 (talk) 09:39, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

You do not understand anything.--Nicoljaus (talk) 16:49, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

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