First mentioned in written chronicles in 1584, Manipuri ponies were used as cavalry horses throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

They were often used as cavalry horses, and were ridden by Meitei warriors.

However, breeders rejected these calls, stating that using the breed to create cavalry horses would make them poorer draft horses.

Not including 2,000 previous losses, about 10,000 soldiers, 64 guns, and 1,800 cavalry horses fell into the hands of the French.

The battlefield set was lined with trip wires to trip the cavalry horses.

The heavy cavalry horses stumbled on the rocks.

As they rode on, they once or twice passed recently dead cavalry horses at the side of the road.

They did the next best thing and occupied the grazing where the cavalry horses have been herded all summer.

A wounded horse limped in the wheat, trying to catch up with the other cavalry horses.

On the French side, 47 soldiers were killed and 83 wounded, while all the French cavalry horses were lost, despite not being utilized.