Volley fire broke the Mamluk cavalry charge at Imbaba
Evidence
In the meantime and on the other side of the river a band of Mamluk soldiers charged upon the French who fired at them “in successive volleys.” On retreating to their entrenchments and seeing that shells were still pouring down on them some of the Mamluk emirs started to cross to the other side on horseback. “They jostled with each other on the ferryboats … [and] sand rose in clouds which the wind blew in their faces. [The battle continued] and the rifles of the French were like a boiling pot on a fierce fire.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 635
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
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- Mamluk cavalry charges broke under disciplined French volley fire (similarity 0.93)
- French disciplined volleys killed 150 Mamluks in a single charge (similarity 0.83)
- Disciplined musket fire decimated charging Mamluk cavalry at close range. (similarity 0.82)