[72]. “Cavalry in Future Wars,” p. 51. Non-frontal pursuits, especially “strategical” pursuits, are to be by fire-action.
[73]. Mr. Goldman’s estimate. The Times Historian speaks of a “party,” the Official History a “commando.” The total force detached by Botha against the division was certainly very small.
[74]. “The War in South Africa” (March to September, 1900), (translated by Colonel Du Cane), p. 288.
[75]. Revue des deux Mondes, August, 1908.
[76]. Vide supra, p. 286.
[77]. Times, September 2, 16, etc., 1909.
[78]. Times, September 16, 1909.
[79]. The recorded case (referred to later) was at Telissu. Colonel McClernand, the U.S. Official Cavalry observer, quotes the Colonel of the Japanese Cavalry of the Guard as having referred to a few steel combats between patrols in the early months of the war.
[80]. “Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War,” pp. 8–11.
[81]. "Mit Kosaken durch die Mandschurei."