The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . uts. Besides this, the horse had been neededfor handling field artillery. Modern European battles hadbecome artillery duels to such an extent as to make themmore like sieges than ordinary battles. Thus a nationshorse resources became important in determining the resultof the war—at least the early events. On the opposite pageis an estimate of the available horses made soon after thewar began. In great wars cavalry had played a far more importantpart tha
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . uts. Besides this, the horse had been neededfor handling field artillery. Modern European battles hadbecome artillery duels to such an extent as to make themmore like sieges than ordinary battles. Thus a nationshorse resources became important in determining the resultof the war—at least the early events. On the opposite pageis an estimate of the available horses made soon after thewar began. In great wars cavalry had played a far more importantpart than was generally realized. A quarter of a centurybefore cavalry constituted 15 per cent, of the total Germanregular army, 14 per cent, of the French army, percent, of the Austrian, per cent, of the British and about12 per cent, of the aggregate armies of Europe. A nationweak in cavalry suffered from a defect which could not beovercome. Horses had not increased as fast as populationamong either the Allied nations or their enemies. In Ger-many the growth had been somewhat proportionate to popu- 144 CAUSES OF THE GREATER CONFLICT. CUMMANDEEliING WAR HORSES The horses on their waj to a central depot. A common scene in large English and French towns in 191-i Total number Nation Present Austria-Hungary .. .. 1,700,000 Germany 4,494,725 Total 6,194,725 France 3,236,110 Great Britain 2,147,683 Russia 21,006,140 Belgium 266,331 Total allied nations .. 26,716,264 Canada 2,355,750 Australia 2,341,175 Argentina 8,479,376 United States 20,962,000 Last four .. 34,138,291 Worlds total 80,459,136 of 1,632,3423,933,901 5,566,243 3,172,688 1,944,665 19,663,336 271,527 25,052,216 882,723 1,926,787 4,446,859 15,893,318 23,149,687 64,521,744 -10 345 OUTBREAK AND CAUSES lation, but in Austria it had fallen far behind. However,the Allies had a great advantage in that they possest about26,700,000 horses as compared with only 6,200,000 for Aus-tria and Germany. Even if o
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