War and the Arme Blanche

CONTENTS

CHAPTER			PAGE

	INTRODUCTION BY FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS		v

I.	THE ISSUE AND ITS IMPORTANCE		1
II.	THE THREEFOLD PROBLEM		21
	I.	THE PHYSICAL PROBLEM	21
	II.	THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM	35
	III.	THE PROBLEM OF TRAINING	40
III.	BRITISH AND BOER MOUNTED TROOPS		46
IV.	ELANDSLAAGTE		61
V.	FROM ELANDSLAAGTE TO THE BLACK WEEK		70
VI.	COLESBERG AND KIMBERLEY		85
VII.	PAARDEBERG AND POPLAR GROVE		113
VIII.	THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH		150
IX.	BLOEMFONTEIN TO KOMATI POORT		168
X.	THE GUERILLA WAR		210
XI.	MOUNTED CHARGES IN SOUTH AFRICA		239
XII.	A PECULIAR WAR?		261
XIII.	BERNHARDI AND "CAVALRY TRAINING"		292
XIV.	THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR		327
XV.	REFORM		354
	I.	STUDY	354
	II.	NOMENCLATURE	356
	III.	ARMAMENT OF CAVALRY	357
	IV.	MOUNTED INFANTRY	366
	V.	YEOMANRY	368
	VI.	IMPERIAL MOUNTED TROOPS	370
	VII.	CONCLUSION	371
	INDEX		373

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