Dragoons occupied a critical battlefield role in the 17th C. As mounted infantry, they could provide highly mobile reconnaissance or harassing fire throughout the battlefield even while declining and evading close combat that regular cavalry lacked the maneuverability to avoid.https://twitter.com/delong/status/1270775252629372933 …
They also have an important logistics/operational role. They make for really good foraging troops, which was a very important consideration for the period.
