Cavalry Squadrons??

[KG_RangerBooBoo]

Liebchen is correct in that why do recon with a 600 man cavalry unit when you can cover so much more ground with 4 150 man squadrons. Same with screening your flanks.
If you check the manual you'll find a section about cavalry charging and you will see that you do indeed get a bonus when in "charging" mode. I think it may still vary somewhat between games but it usually ranges from x3 to x5. This leads to another reason to use squadrons. Say you want to charge a 200 man infantry battalion. If you use the entire 600 man cavalry unit it will be disrupted when the melee is over but if you use just 2 of the 150 man squadrons you'll still have great odds and still have 2 fresh 150 man squadrons to look for other opportunities. Also be sure to look in the manual for the part about cavalry against skirmishers. Again it would be a waste to do this with the full unit when a couple of squadrons will do all you need.