CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION BY FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS[v]
I.THE ISSUE AND ITS IMPORTANCE[1]
II.THE THREEFOLD PROBLEM[21]
I.THE PHYSICAL PROBLEM[21]
II.THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM[35]
III.THE PROBLEM OF TRAINING[40]
III.BRITISH AND BOER MOUNTED TROOPS[46]
IV.ELANDSLAAGTE[61]
V.FROM ELANDSLAAGTE TO THE BLACK WEEK[70]
VI.COLESBERG AND KIMBERLEY[85]
VII.PAARDEBERG AND POPLAR GROVE[113]
VIII.THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH[150]
IX.BLOEMFONTEIN TO KOMATI POORT[168]
X.THE GUERILLA WAR[210]
XI.MOUNTED CHARGES IN SOUTH AFRICA[239]
XII.A PECULIAR WAR?[261]
XIII.BERNHARDI AND "CAVALRY TRAINING"[292]
XIV.THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR[327]
XV.REFORM[354]
I.STUDY[354]
II.NOMENCLATURE[356]
III.ARMAMENT OF CAVALRY[357]
IV.MOUNTED INFANTRY[366]
V.YEOMANRY[368]
VI.IMPERIAL MOUNTED TROOPS[370]
VII.CONCLUSION[371]
INDEX [373]