Our Cavalry
by Michael Frederic Rimington
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About this eBook
- Author
- Rimington, Michael Frederic, 1858-1928
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UE: Military science: Cavalry, Armor
- Subject
- Great Britain. Army -- Cavalry
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 53349
- Release Date
- October 23, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.OUR CAVALRY — PREFACE
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.DIAGRAMS
- 4.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 5.CHAPTER II ARMAMENT — The Rifle
- 6.CHAPTER III THE HORSE
- 7.CHAPTER IV TACTICS OF CAVALRY V. CAVALRY — The Rally
- 8.CHAPTER V CAVALRY V. CAVALRY — Forming to the Flank — I. The Squadron — II. The Regiment — III. The Brigade
- 9.CHAPTER VI FIRE ACTION IN TACTICS OF CAVALRY V. CAVALRY — Dismounted Action of Cavalry
- 10.CHAPTER VII A CAVALRY BRIGADE IN ACTION — Example
- 11.CHAPTER VIII CAVALRY IN THE GENERAL ENGAGEMENT — Conclusions — Pursuit
- 12.CHAPTER IX THE DISPOSITION OF CAVALRY IN A CAMPAIGN — FIRST PART — SECOND PART
- 13.CHAPTER X HORSE ARTILLERY AND CAVALRY
- 14.CHAPTER XI CO-OPERATION OF HORSE ARTILLERY WITH CAVALRY IN THE GENERAL ENGAGEMENT
- 15.CHAPTER XII HORSE ARTILLERY FIRE EFFECT COMPARED WITH RIFLE FIRE
- 16.CHAPTER XIII IN CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY
- 17.CHAPTER XIV SOME DETACHED DUTIES — DESPATCH-RIDING — TRACKING, ETC. — PRISONERS — CONVOY DUTY
- 18.CHAPTER XV RAIDS
- 19.CHAPTER XVI THE TRAINING OF THE CAVALRY OFFICER
- 20.CHAPTER XVII THE TRAINING OF THE CAVALRY OFFICER ( continued )
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE TRAINING OF A SQUADRON — Conclusions
- 22.CHAPTER XIX THE TRAINING OF THE HORSE
- 23.CHAPTER XX THE TRAINING OF THE MAN — (A) Riding — (B) Soldier’s Care of Horses — (C) Shooting and Fire Discipline — (D) The Personal Weapon — ( E and F ) Mens sana in corpore sano — Theory
- 24.INDEX
- 25.FOOTNOTES
- 26.Transcriber’s Notes
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