Horsemen in No Man's Land: British Cavalry & Trench Warfare, 1914-1918

An in-depth look at the contributions of the British cavalry during World War I.

Of what use was the British cavalry during the years of trench warfare on the Western Front? On a static battlefield dominated by the weapons of the industrial age, by the machine gun and massed artillery, the cavalry was seen as an anachronism. It was vulnerable to modern armaments, of little value in combat and a waste of scarce resources.

At least, that is the common viewpoint. Indeed, the cavalry have been...