A first-hand account of the twilight of the arme-blanche at war This book is particularly engaging for several reasons.
It principally concerns the opening campaigns of the Great War in Europe, before the time of trenches and wire, at a time when the fighting was still mobile.
Cavalry on both sides was not only being employed in much the same way as it had been during the Napoleonic era, but the cavalrymen were dressed--complete with Corinthian helmets and hors.
Leonaur Ltd Impressions & experiences of a french cavalry trooper during the first world war, 1914-15, with the 22nd dragoons/christian mallet
