The Armenians were also noted for their light horsemen, the tasinarioi.
The light horsemen opened fire and stopped the column in the narrowest part of the road.
These troops drove off de Ghigny's light horsemen with the help of a nearby artillery battery.
A type of irregular light horsemen was already well established by the 15th century.
They took over responsibility for a compound of 300 prisoners from Australian light horsemen.
During "brisk fighting" the light horsemen captured 179 prisoners and four machine guns.
Before long, the Makuraners came up, a few boiler boys mixed with a larger band of light horsemen.
Subsequently the light horsemen captured 300 prisoners and two machine guns.
As the light horsemen withdrew they left out the usual night patrols to keep watch.
The light horsemen were forced to retire before the charges could not be lit.