Polish cavalry: Charge at Krojanty, Hussar, Polish hussars, Battle of Mokra, Uhlan, Lisowczycy, 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade - Tapa blanda

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Charge at Krojanty, Hussar, Polish hussars, Battle of Mokra, Uhlan, Lisowczycy, 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade, National Cavalry, Lancer, Polish cavalry brigade order of battle in 1939, Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade, Czapka, Chorągiew, Towarzysz pancerny, Battle of Wólka Węglowa, Towarzysz husarski, Poczet, Petyhorcy. Excerpt: Hussar ( , , or spelling pronunciation ) refers to a number of types of light cavalry which originated in Hungary in the 14th century. A type of irregular light horsemen was already well established by the 15th century in medieval Hungary. Etymologists are divided over the derivation of the word 'hussar'. Many scholars believe the word originated in Serbian as 'Husar', derived from the Latin root 'cursus' meaning 'raid'. According to Webster's the word hussar stems from the Hungarian huszár, which in turn originates from the Serbian хусар (Husar, or гусар, Gusar) meaning pirate, from the Medieval Latin cursarius (cf. the English word corsair). A variant of this theory is offered by Byzantinist scholars, who argue the term originated in Roman military practice, and the cursarii (singular cursarius) - a group of fast-moving horsemen used for scouting or raiding-came to be called tsanarioi in Greek or the Armenian Chosarioi. Through Byzantine Army operations in the Balkans in the 10th and 11th centuries when Chosarioi/Chonsarioi were recruited with especially Serbs, the word was subsequently reintroduced to Western European military practice after its original usage had been lost with the collapse of Rome in the west. According to another theory, the word is derived from the Hungarian word húsz "twenty", suggesting that hussar regiments were originally composed of twenty men. Or the term huszár probably signified 'one in twenty' as selected for service by ballot. The hussars reportedly originated in b...