{"product_id":"the-british-army-regular-mounted-infantry-18801913-9781138330047","title":"The British Army Regular Mounted Infantry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe regular Mounted Infantry was one of the most important innovations of the late Victorian and Edwardian British Army. Rather than fight on horseback in the traditional manner of cavalry, they used horses primarily to move swiftly about the battlefield, where they would then dismount and fight on foot, thus anticipating the development of mechanised infantry tactics during the twentieth century. Yet despite this apparent foresight, the mounted infantry concept was abandoned by the British Army in 1913, just at the point when it may have made the transition from a colonial to a continental force as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Exploring the historical background to the Mounted Infantry, this book untangles the debates that raged in the army, Parliament and the press between its advocates and the supporters of the established cavalry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its origins in the extemporised mounted detachments raised during times of crisis from infantry battalions on overseas imperia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Quest for Mobile Firepower \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Foundations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Forging an Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Training the Mounted Infantry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Colonial Warfare and the Mounted Infantry Paradigm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Imperial Perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 A Wild Goose Chase: South Africa 1899-1902\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Remonstrance, Renaissance and Re-designation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Demise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices Biographies of Senior Mounted Infantry Officers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMounted Infantry Camel Regiment 1884–85 Composition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Square at Abu Klea 1885\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevelopment of the regular Mounted Infantry in South Africa 1899–1902\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvolution of tactics in South Africa 1899 – 1902: the ‘galloping charge’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371829338455,"sku":"9781138330047","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-british-army-regular-mounted-infantry-18801913-9781138330047","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}