Chevau-légers (pronounced [ʃəvoleʒe] from French cheval—horse—and léger—light) was a generic French name for light cavalry and medium cavalry. Their history began in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, when the heavy cavalry forces of the French Compagnies d'Ordonnance were undergoing a massive structural reorganization.
Chevau-légers (pronounced [ʃəvoleʒe] from French cheval—horse—and léger—light) was a generic French name for light cavalry and medium cavalry. Their history began in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, when the heavy cavalry forces of the French Compagnies d'Ordonnance were undergoing a massive structural reorganization.
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