A History of the British Cavalry, 1816 to 1919: 1872-1898
A History of the British Cavalry, 1816 to 1919: 1872-1898

Author: George Charles Henry Victor Paget Marquis of Anglesey

Publisher: Leo Cooper Books

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13:

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This volume covers the high noon of the British Empire, beginning with the Zulu War of 1879 and ending with Kitchener's River War of 1898. Between these came the 2nd Afghan War, the first Boer War, and Wolseley's Egyptian and Nile campaigns. Also described in some detail is the Cavalry's part in the campaigns against Osman Digna in the Eastern Sudan.

A History of the British Cavalry
A History of the British Cavalry

Author: Lord Anglesey

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 1994-04-25

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 0850523958

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Volume V covers the last glory days of cavalry in World War I's Middle Eastern theater, as British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand cavalry conducted some of the most brilliant mounted operations of all time.

A History of the British Cavalry, 1816 to 1919: The Curragh Incident and the Western Front, 1914
A History of the British Cavalry, 1816 to 1919: The Curragh Incident and the Western Front, 1914

Author: George Charles Henry Victor Paget Marquis of Anglesey

Publisher: Leo Cooper Books

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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In Volume VII it is shown how superior the British Cavalry was to those of the French and German in the first five months of the Great War. A major factor in their success was their skill in dismounted firepower and their capacity to move speedily from one point to another.