By mid-September Essex's forces had grown to 21,000 infantry and 4,200 cavalries and dragoons. Javelins were employed as a powerful ranged weapon by many cavalries. Armies have deployed war machines and cavalries with rudimentary armour in battle for millennia. Each legion was supported by a unit of 300 cavalries, the "equites". The two cavalries fought under the walls of Megara. The shrines cavalries were able to pursue retreating Sikh soldiers, killing several thousand more. After the war, he served with the 41st Infantry and the 10th and 6th cavalries. Generally the savanna cavalries used a "combined arms" approach, seldom operating without supporting infantry. The Turcomans had a traditional army that contained considerable amounts of light cavalries. She had lain between the two cavalries and not been harmed during the battle. On May 7, the two opposing cavalries met at Todd's Tavern at 4&colon;00pm. It was the core of most cavalries, and developed into shock-troops and commanding centers. Under orders from the tsar, the Stroganovs had contributed fifty cavalries to the reinforcement party. Esen's 30,000 cavalries defeated 500,000 Chinese soldiers in 1449.