Quote Originally Posted by 71-hour Ahmed
so I turned them to the right and away to keep them a safe distance.... and several fell over! Not a joke - they fell over trying to turn to the side and died. The enemy was never closer than 100 yards and had no ranged weapons but I lost ~ 10 soldiers, and it can't have been friendly fire when no-one was shooting.
If there was woods nearby, it's possible that it was a hidden units firing at your horsemen.
(though I think that if firing, they go out of hiding, but...)