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by Fang_ 2735 days ago
> One of my leisure time pursuits is to find interesting old books on cavalry

Woah, that sounds cool! Do you have anything publicly available?

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I'm putting the finishing touches on my first one and should be able to release it over the next couple of weeks. It's the "Exercier-Reglement der K&K Cavallerie" from 1898, Habsburg-Austria's "answer" to the more well-known Prussian army riding instructions from 1882.

I can post a link here when it's ready, in case you're interested (just bookmark this thread). -- It will be in German, though. (Maybe I'll get into the business of translating one day, but not as of now).

I also have a second one in the pipeline, which is the aforementioned Prussian work (which eventually developed into the even more well-known HDV12 in its edition from 1937 that had a great deal of influence on the kind of dressage we see today).

When I'm done with that, I've already collected the source material on the British "Cavalry Drill", also of 1898. That one will be in English, obviously, but have no clue on when it might be ready.