The British Army Regular Mounted Infantry 1880-1913

by Andrew Winrow

Book Overview

Rather than fight on horseback in the traditional manner of cavalry, the regular Mounted Infantry would use horses primarily to move swiftly about the battlefield, where they would then dismount and fight on foot, thus appearing to anticipate the development of mechanised infantry tactics during the twentieth century. Yet despite being one the most important innovations of the late Victorian and Edwardian British Army, the mounted infantry concept...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472478495
• ISBN13: 9781472478498
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"