Austrian Cavaly During the Napoleonic Wars. In Leipzig "the French strongly held Dolitz ...Simonyi [with 3 squadrons of hussars and 2 horse guns] resolved to march as quickly as possible to the other side of the village, so as not to lose the least time in striking the French ...This movement was barely begun when the French first line struck at the hussars. Simonyi sounded the charge, and drove back not only the French infantry assault, but completely broke through the second French line and threw that back " (- George Nafziger) "One tall, 1.8 m recruit [hussar] faced a short Korporal. 'Stand upright and keep your head up!" - shouted the Korporal 'In that case', came the reply, 'I will have to say goodbye to you, Korporal, because I'll never see you again." (Hollins - "Hungarian Hussar 1756-1815") French cuirassier, Rilliet, writes, "We were in column of regiments. The 1st Horse Carabiniers were in front and General Sebastiani was to the right of the regiment: all at once a mass of enemy cavalry, mainly Hungarian hussars, rode furiously down on the carabiniers. 'Bravo!' cried the general, laughing and waving the riding crop which was the only weapon that he designed to use. 'This will be charming; hussars charging the horse carabiniers.' But when the Hungarians were 100 paces away, the 1st Carabiniers turned about and fled leaving behind their brave general! They hastily rode back on to the 2nd Carabiniers and both regiments hooved away. It was such a disgrace that when after battle a group of carabiniers entered a farm seeking quarters, the cuirassiers from the 5th Regiment teased them: "If you want hospitality, try the Hungarian hussars!" (-Napoleon, His Army and Enemies)   For More Visit: Napoleon, His Army and Enemies: Austrian Cavalry http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Austrian_cavalry.htm