. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. IN IME COl RSE Ol- A MIMIC —A M.\l Ol- TilEIN POSITION ON A IIAY-RICIC. KOVAl. BEKIS I20 Kitcheners Arinv. GETTING READY THE HORSES MEAL : A |:l ^l M \\ I III-, ell M I MALiiiM- attaclied, for the purposes of administration,to existing cavalry regiments, no supremeeffort was made to increase largely the forceof cavalry at our disposal. Aeroplane andmotor-car have greatly minimised the valueof this dashing arm; the inventor of barbed-wire has checked its effectiveness in thecharge; never
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. IN IME COl RSE Ol- A MIMIC —A M.\l Ol- TilEIN POSITION ON A IIAY-RICIC. KOVAl. BEKIS I20 Kitcheners Arinv. GETTING READY THE HORSES MEAL : A |:l ^l M \\ I III-, ell M I MALiiiM- attaclied, for the purposes of administration,to existing cavalry regiments, no supremeeffort was made to increase largely the forceof cavalry at our disposal. Aeroplane andmotor-car have greatly minimised the valueof this dashing arm; the inventor of barbed-wire has checked its effectiveness in thecharge; never again can there be a chargeof a Light Brigade nor can we witnessdecisive actions such as Frederick theGreat secured with his famous cavalry;during a long period of the war ourcavalry were employed in the trenches asinfantrymen. Our experience was duplicated in theGerman and French armies, and onlyRussia was able, during the winter, toutilise her cavalry to fulfil its properfunction. For the cavalry recruit the riding schooltraining was more thorough and more in-tricate than that which the young artillery-man experienced. The budding cavalry-man was taught to ride with his lance, andto employ that lance. He
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