Cavalry in Modern War (Classic Reprint)
Cavalry in Modern War (Classic Reprint)

Author: F. Chenevix Trench

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780266154143

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Excerpt from Cavalry in Modern War IT has been said that a great general, like a great poet, is born, not made; and if this be true at all in any peculiar sense, it is true of the cavalry general, who must be well endowed with the gifts of nature before he begins to develop them by study and practice. But there is another saying, quite as true as the first, that genius consists in a capacity for taking trouble. One might drive a coach and six through either of these sayings, but there is an element of truth in both of them. No short-sighted, slow-thinking, muddle-headed man can make a good officer of any kind, least of all a good cavalry officer. But it would be quite as great an error to expect great things from one whose mind never rises above field sports and athletics. As a matter of fact, the Frederics and N apoleons of history have been thorough students as well as practical soldiers, and an officer who does not read can never, in these days, hope to excel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Modern Cavalry
Modern Cavalry

Author: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-29

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780265159002

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Excerpt from Modern Cavalry: Studies on Its Role in the Warfare of to-Day With Notes on Training for War Service The tumult and shouting Of the world war has had a little time to die down. Throughout its course and for some time afterward it was impossible to clarify ideas and to deduce lessons. These require a certain amount of perspective for their better rendering. This perspective has been a little furnished by the passage of time. Time is a cold analyst who makes tangible the real causes and effects and relegates the merely subsidiary to a nebulous background. Out of the haze and smoke of conflict we can begin to see dimly the simple primitive forces that were at war and to see the underlying causes that make for victory or defeat. In freeing the mind from the thralldom of the present, in deliberately comparing this war with all wars, the mind Of the military student becomes amazed at the simplicity of the predominating factors in warfare. This last war has complicated the issue by the use in battle of a larger variety Of innovations in the way Of auxiliaries and mechanical aids, than any war in history. The aeroplane and the tank and a host of like aids have a tendency to obsess the mind Of the unthinking to the exclusion of the important factors in victory or defeat, to the real forces that battle for ascendency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cavalry in Modern War
Cavalry in Modern War

Author: Colonel F. Chenevix Trench

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781330026816

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Excerpt from Cavalry in Modern War It has been said that a great general, like a great poet, is born, not made; and if this be true at all in any peculiar sense, it is true of the cavalry general, who must be well endowed with the gifts of nature before he begins to develop them by study and practice. But there is another saying, quite as true as the first, that genius consists in a capacity for taking trouble. One might drive a coach and six through either of these sayings, but there is an element of truth in both of them. No short-sighted, slow-thinking, muddle-headed man can make a good officer of any kind, least of all a good cavalry officer. But it would be quite as great an error to expect great things from one whose mind never rises above field sports and athletics. As a matter of fact, the Frederics and Napoleons of history have been thorough students as well as practical soldiers, and an officer who does not read can never, in these days, hope to excel. No one who is well acquainted with the Service as it exists will feel any anxiety lest cavalry officers should become over-studious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cavalry
Cavalry

Author: J. Roemer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780260137036

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Excerpt from Cavalry: Its History, Management, and Uses in War The attack - Formidable aspect of both attack and defence - The result of a charge dependent on circumstances - The power of Cavalry consists in the rapidity of its movements - Cavalry always acts on the Offensive, never on the defensive - Must be used with discretion - Should never be spared on the day of battle - Description of a Cavalry charge. Cavalry versus Cavalry - Importance of reserves - Object of flank col umus - Second line - Different orders of battle - Flank attacks - Stratagems - Attack in echelons - Skirmishers - Reconnoitring of Obstacles - Charge as foragers - Instances of hesitation in attack - Causes thereof - Cavalry affair near Burgos - Pursuit - Ra11y - Resum . About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cavalry Its History and Tactics (Classic Reprint)
Cavalry Its History and Tactics (Classic Reprint)

Author: L. E. Nolan

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-16

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781528161992

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Excerpt from Cavalry Its History and Tactics Early schools of horsemanship - Foreign origin of our military riding - Some absurd practices on the Continent - The balance seat - Its immense disadvantages - Anecdotes Changes pro posed - Horsemanship of the Circassians, etc.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cavalry in Future Wars
Cavalry in Future Wars

Author: Friedrich von Bernhardi

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13:

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"Cavalry in Future Wars" by Friedrich von Bernhardi is an insightful educational reference book showing military thought during the period between horse and early mechanical cavalry. Written in the early 20th century, the book explores how new technology was resisted when it came to warfare and how letting go of the cavalry was considered nearly unthinkable for so long when new machines only just started coming into existence.

On the Uses and Application of Cavalry in War, From the Text of Bismark
On the Uses and Application of Cavalry in War, From the Text of Bismark

Author: North Ludlow Beamish

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780331958126

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Excerpt from On the Uses and Application of Cavalry in War, From the Text of Bismark: With Practical Examples Selected From Antient and Modern History Instead of appending my observations as notes, accord ing to the plan adopted in the first edition, I have placed them in the form of commentary, continuous with the text, an arrangement which will be found more con venient to the reader; while, being in smaller type, they will readily be distinguished from the original lectures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lectures on Cavalry (Classic Reprint)
Lectures on Cavalry (Classic Reprint)

Author: Paul Trapier Hayne

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781330597804

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Excerpt from Lectures on Cavalry I Have two lectures and one conference in which to discuss the employment or use of cavalry. There is a good deal on this subject scattered through the F.S.R., and certain paragraphs of the C.D.R. have been assigned for conference. But what is given in both F.S.R., and C.D.R. is in general so condensed that it does not clear up the situation much unless one has a good mental picture of the situations the authors had in view. I shall try to go more into detail, so that the application of the principles given in the C.D.R. and the F.S.R. may be more clear. The whole matter of the employment of cavalry is so little a matter of rule that it may be said there are no rules for it. In regard to some questions there are various opinions, and the details of how cavalry was handled in war to accomplish certain results are hard to obtain. But there are a number of general principles as to which there is very little question, though the methods of applying these principles may vary. More new ideas on the subject of the employment of cavalry were brought out and put into practice in our Civil War than in any war since, and, up to the present time, there is no better source of information as to how cavalry should be handled - also, from this same war numerous examples of how cavalry should never be used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.