Horsemen in no man's land : British cavalry and trench warfare, 1914-1918

"Of what use were 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 were seen as an anachronism. They were 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 consistently underestimated since the first histories of the Great War were written. But, in light of modern research, is this the right verdict?David Kenyon seeks to answer this qu."@en
""This is the first book to focus on the performance of the cavalry during the years of trench warfare. It benefits from the author's deep understanding of the structure, organisation and equipment of British and (let it never be forgotten) Indian cavalry, and of the practical issues of horse management that made it so hard to keep mounts in good condition in the inhospitable surroundings of the Western Front in wintertime. By careful analysis of its role in successive offensives, from the Somme in 1916, through Cambrai the following year and on to the last victorious Hundred Days of the war, [David] Kenyon concludes that the cavalry did indeed have an important contribution to make"--Foreword."@en