mounted troops
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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
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.
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In Quito mounted troops broke up a demonstration of students and socialists shouting "Down with Plaza!"
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The French authorities, with British and Italian cooperation, covered the sea with destroyers, the desert with systematic flights of airplanes and parties of cavalry and camel mounted troops.
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Since the days of Alexander the Great, mounted troops had proved decisive in offensive warfare and had served as an army’s eyes, ranging far afield on reconnaissance missions.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
