The unit comprised approximately fifteen hundred men and was given various typical mechanized cavalry missions later recognized by the French nation with award of two Croix de guerre.
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As the corps of the cavalry mechanized group launched probing attacks to find an escape route, it quickly became clear that there was no way out.
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As Polish cavalry generals still had some doubts about the value of mechanized force, there was some opposition against reforming the standard horse-mounted cavalry into motorized units.
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The cavalry group was also assigned missions requiring rapid movement to bypass enemy forces, if opportune weaknesses or uncovered terrain was discovered by mechanized reconnaissance methods.