Typical French comment,
I wonder what
General Maximilien Foy would have made of the American Hussars.
The uniforms of British cavalry made great impression on many onlookers and their horses were one of the best in Europe. Their sabers and firearms were well made, and the men were brave and good sworsdmen. The weakest point of British cavalry however were their tactics and discipline in real combat. "The heaviest English cavalry is far from possessing the uniformity and the firm seat of the French and Austrian cuirassiers; and their light-horse is still more inferior in intelligence and activity to the Hungarian hussar and the Cossack. They have no idea of the artifices of partisan warfare, and they know little how to charge en masse. When the fray commences, you see them equally vulnerable and offensive, cutting instead of thrusting, and chopping with more fury than effect at the faces of their enemies..." (
- French General Maximilien Foy)