In the seventh, and second last, volume in t his historical work, Lord Anglesey shows how superior the Br itish cavalry was compared to those of the French and German s. He concentrates on the first five months of the War. '

• Cover
• Half Title
• Other Books
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • TEST-ILLUSTRATIONS
  • MAPS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • FM
  • PREFACE
  • 1(i) 1911-1914: Irish Home Rule Bill - Ulster Volunteer Force - fear of civil war - the King's concern - Unionists consider amending Army Act
  • 1(ii) 1913-1914: The Curragh Incident: Sir Arthur Paget summoned to London, 4 November - Colonel Seely's conference with GOCs, 16 December - Paget's Dublin speech, 24 February - Churchill's Bradford speech, 14 March - Paget in London, 18 and 19 March
  • 1(iii) 1914: The Curragh Incident, 20 March: Hubert Gough and 3rd Cavalry Brigade - Paget's Dublin conference - Gough consults the three cavalry regiments' officers - most decide to resign rather than coerce Ulster - Major Howell counsels delay
  • 1(iv) 1914: The Curragh Incident, 21 March: Paget addresses cavalry officers - French telephones Roberts - Seely, Roberts and French at Buckingham Palace
  • 1(v) 1914: The Curragh Incident, 22-27 March - Gough and cavalry colonels in London - they demand a written guarantee which is given - the 'peccant paragraphs' added by Seely - Asquith repudiates them - French and Seely resign - other ranks' thoughts
  • 2 The Schlieffen and XVII Plans - mobilization - reservists - horse supply - troopers' marching order - the rifle - embarkation and arrival in France - the mounted element of the BEF - the 13-pounder gun - interpreters
  • 3 French - his staff - Allenby - his staff - the cavalry brigade commanders
  • 4 The French cavalry - the German cavalry - Joffre - von Moltke - von Falkenhayn - von Hindenburg - von Kluck - von Bulow - von Hausen - von Richthofen
  • 5 Types of other ranks and officers - transfers of officers from cavalry to infantry - transfers of troopers to noncommissioned and commissioned ranks
  • 6 Kitchener's instructions to French - Lanrezac's 5th Army - Barrow telephones for intelligence - Casteau, 22 August
  • 7 French 5th Army retires - BEF's advance cancelled - Mons - BEF's retreat starts - Audregnies, 24 August
  • 8 Joffre creates Sixth Army - von Moltke weakens his right - map shortage - daily routine and rearguards' methods in retreat - I and II Corps separate - Le Cateau - Gough's divergence - Cerizy (Moy) - Benay - part played by German cavalry in August
  • 9 Kitchener visits and steadies Sir John French - Guise - Nery
  • 10 Retreat ends - battle of the Marne - advance to the Aisne - 2nd Cavalry Division formed - Sablonnieres - La Tretoire - Moncel - Gandelu - Chezy
  • 11 Battle of the Aisne - 'Race to the Sea' - BEF's flank march to Flanders - 3rd Cavalry Division arrives - Gheluwe - 1st Ypres - Zandvoorde - cavalry enters trenches - Indian Cavalry Corps formed
  • Abbreviations used in the footnotes and source notes
  • Source notes
  • Index