books.google.de - When Frederick II (later known as Frederick the Great) came to the throne in 1740, he had three advantages for which he owed thanks to his father: a modern, well-organised state; full coffers; and a properly trained and equipped army. Under a leader as renowned as Seydlitz, the Prussian cavalry achieved...http://books.google.de/books/about/Prussian_Cavalry_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars.html?id=54vrDNXJAMgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePrussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars (1)