ITALY : FIFTH ARMYBRITISH SECTOR - ARMOURED PATROLS REVERT TO HORSES - Owing to the hilly nature of the surrounding country, wheeled or tracked vehicles find the steep narrow twisting lanes impassable. To overcome this difficulty and maintain a fairly fast means of recce the patrols of the 1st ( ) have borrowed Italian cavalry mounts. Nearly all the troopers being formerly cavalrymen and therefore at home on horseback. Pictures show recce, patrols being led by Capt. Richardson, MC., mounted on a charger from the Royal stables British Army

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