mounted troops
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At Thompson's Station, Tenn. he drove a Federal battery and mounted troops from the field, made 1,500 men surrender to his inferior forces.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Quito mounted troops broke up a demonstration of students and socialists shouting "Down with Plaza!"
From Time Magazine Archive
With the mounted troops, tachanka, On four wheels you swiftly ride.
From Time Magazine Archive
The massed bands and drums were in the centre, and, flashing silver, blue and scarlet, in the southeast corner mounted troops of the Royal Horse Guards and Life Guards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obsessed with capturing one of the most notorious traitors to the king, Tarleton and his mounted troops raced at full speed for Charlottesville and Monticello.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
