Thomas Hawker
... that a successful Peninsular War charge led by Thomas Hawker was said to prove that the use of carbines by cavalrymen was "nothing short of insanity"?
... that a successful <a href="./Peninsular_War" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a> charge led by <b id="mwqg"><a href="./Thomas_Hawker_(British_Army_officer)" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Hawker (British Army officer)">Thomas Hawker</a></b> <i id="mwrA">(pictured)</i> was said to prove that the use of <a href="./Carbine" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carbine">carbines</a> by cavalrymen was "nothing short of insanity"?