War and The Arme Blanche
by Erskine Childers
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About this eBook
- Author
- Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922
- Title
- War and the Arme Blanche
- Credits
- Produced by KD Weeks, Brian Coe 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 -- Drill and tactics
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 55425
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55425
- Release Date
- August 25, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WAR AND THE ARME BLANCHE
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.CHAPTER I THE ISSUE AND ITS IMPORTANCE
- 5.CHAPTER II THE THREEFOLD PROBLEM — I.— The Physical Problem. — II.— The Psychological Problem. — III.— The Problem of Training.
- 6.CHAPTER III BRITISH AND BOER MOUNTED TROOPS
- 7.CHAPTER IV ELANDSLAAGTE
- 8.CHAPTER V FROM ELANDSLAAGTE TO THE BLACK WEEK
- 9.CHAPTER VI COLESBERG AND KIMBERLEY
- 10.CHAPTER VII PAARDEBERG AND POPLAR GROVE — I.— Kimberley to Paardeberg. — II.— Poplar Grove. — III.— The Final Advance to Bloemfontein.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH
- 12.CHAPTER IX BLOEMFONTEIN TO KOMATI POORT — I.— The Transition. — II.— The Halt at Bloemfontein. — III.— The Advance to Pretoria. — IV.— The Advance to Komati Poort.
- 13.CHAPTER X THE GUERILLA WAR
- 14.CHAPTER XI MOUNTED CHARGES IN SOUTH AFRICA
- 15.CHAPTER XII A PECULIAR WAR?
- 16.CHAPTER XIII BERNHARDI AND “CAVALRY TRAINING”
- 17.CHAPTER XIV THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR — CHAPTER XV REFORM — I.— Study. — II.— Nomenclature. — III.— Armament of Cavalry. — IV.— Mounted Infantry. — V.— Yeomanry. — VI.— Imperial Mounted Troops. — VII.— Conclusion.
- 18.INDEX
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