Saumur; Historique De L'école d'Application De l'Arme
by Durosoy, Maurice
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Editions G. L. D, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Has slight "old book" smell. Jacket is tattered and torn, book edges have chipping in places, binding sound, internally clean. 190 pages, illustrated in black and white. A history of this French calvary school. From Wikipedia: "In 1763, Louis XV (via the Duc de Choiseul) reorganised the French cavalry. A new school for officers from all the cavalry regiments was set up at Saumur, managed and supervised by the "Corps Royal des Carabiniers" - since its inception the school has been hosted in the carabinier regiment's quarter of the town, latterly in a magnificent 18th century building. This functioned until 1788. At the end of 1814, after the First Restoration, Louis XVIII set up the "ÃÆââ¬Â°cole d'Instruction des Troupes ÃÆàcheval" in Saumur. Its activities declined from 1822 onwards so it was regenerated by Charles X under the name of the "ÃÆââ¬Â°cole Royale de Cavalerie" (later renamed the ÃÆââ¬Â°cole impÃÆériale de cavalerie de Saumur). Most of its building complex was taken up with a military riding area and a riding-academy training hall. From 1830, with the disappearance of the ÃÆââ¬Â°cole de Versailles, Saumur became the capital and sole repository of the French equestrian tradition, and its knowledge (such as in the Cadre Noir and its training regime in dressage) is still recognised throughout the world. At the end of the Second World War the French mounted cavalry (reduced to several squadrons of spahis retained for patrol work by this point) and armoured troops merged to form the 'Arme blindÃÆée et cavalerie' (ABC), with the ÃÆââ¬Â°cole de Saumur becoming the new branch's training centre.After a 1985 reorganisation, the 12th Light Armoured Division (12 DLB) was planned as a mobilisation division of the French Army, with its headquarters to be formed on the basis of the staff of the ÃÆââ¬Â°cole d'application de l'Arme blindÃÆée et de la cavalerie (EAABC) at Saumur. The division comprised the 507 RCC at Saumur (AMX-30s), the 3 RCh(T), also at Saumur and also attached to the EAABC, the Legion's 4th Foreign Regiment at Castelnaudary, and the 33rd Regiment of Artillery (RA), at St Maixent, attached to an NCO school.
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- Title
- Saumur; Historique De L'école d'Application De l'Arme
- Author
- Durosoy, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- Editions G. L. D
- Date Published
- 1978-01-01
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- Weight
- 2.81 lbs
- Keywords
- history; French history; military history; calvary
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