Horsemen in no man's land : British cavalry and trench warfare, 1914-1918 /
Of what use were the British cavalry during the years of trench warfare on the Western Front? On a static battlefield dominated by the weapons of the industrial age, by the machine gun and massed artillery, the cavalry were seen as an anachronism. They were vulnerable to modern armaments, of little...
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military,
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword, by Professor Holmes; Acknowledgements; A Note on Terminology and Organisation; Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations; Maps; 1. Introduction: The Opening Stages, 1914-1915; 2. The Somme Battles, July-September 1916; 3. The Hindenburg Line and Arras, November 1916-April 1917; 4. Cambrai, November-December 1917; 5. From Operation Michael to the 'Hundred Days', 1918; 6. Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography and Sources; Index
