File:Cavalry patrols advancing over open country near Mory (4688550618).jpg

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English: Cavalry advancing briskly over very flat countryside. Each man holds the reins in his left hand keeping his right hand free for his lance. Cavalry patrols could cover the ground quickly, but each horse presented a large target so they were very vulnerable. Sir Douglas Haig, however, remained convinced that cavalry had a place in modern warfare.

As late as 1926, in a discussion of military tactics, Haig, who had himself been a cavalry officer, wrote, 'I believe that the value of the horse and the opportunity for the horse in the future are likely to be as great as ever. Aeroplanes and tanks are only accessories to the men and the horse.'
[Original reads: 'Cavalry patrols advancing over open country near Mory.']

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Author National Library of Scotland
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  • World War One official British photographs
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  • Photographic prints
  • Black-and-white prints (photographs)
  • Cavalries
  • Horses
  • Lances
  • Propaganda
  • Rural areas
  • War photography
  • Photojournalism
  • World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front
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  • owner:name nationallibraryofscotland
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  • wwi
  • world war one
  • great war
  • 1914-1918
  • great
  • war
  • The Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
  • cavalry
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  • dragonders
Camera location50° 09′ 27.5″ N, 2° 51′ 19.58″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current10:19, 8 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 10:19, 8 January 2022915 × 704 (112 KB)Ich (talk | contribs)Cropped 9 % horizontally, 9 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
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13:26, 16 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:26, 16 November 2016600 × 463 (53 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)National Library of Scotland, Set 72157624150609895, ID 4688550618, Original title Cavalry patrols advancing over open country near Mory

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