practical need I experienced during the course of my service to clear
up the many points I have dwelt on, I have considered it a duty to
make them accessible to all those who have at heart the development in
our Cavalry of a thoroughly sound spirit in full harmony with the
necessities of our present times.

THE AUTHOR.

BERLIN,
_March, 1899_.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION xxi

PART I

EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY AND ESSENTIALS OF LEADERSHIP

Chapter

I. THE MODERN CONDITIONS OF WAR, AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE
EMPLOYMENT AND USEFULNESS OF CAVALRY 3

II. DUTIES AT THE BEGINNING AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE WAR 19

III. STRATEGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAVALRY 38

IV. INCREASED IMPORTANCE OF DISMOUNTED ACTION 49

V. THE TACTICAL LEADING IN MOUNTED COMBATS 62

VI. TACTICAL CONDUCT OF DISMOUNTED ACTIONS 90

VII. STRATEGICAL EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY 104

VIII. PATROLS--TRANSMISSION OF REPORTS--CYCLISTS 132

PART II

ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING

I. NUMBERS 151

II. RIDING, FEEDING, AND TRAINING 184

III. THE TRAINING FOR MOUNTED COMBAT 213

IV. TRAINING FOR DISMOUNTED FIGHTING 247

V. FIELD-SERVICE TRAINING AND MANOEUVRES 265

VI. THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF OUR OFFICERS 286

CONCLUSION 294

INDEX 298

INTRODUCTION

General von Bernhardi's work, 'Cavalry in Future Wars' (translated
from the German by Mr. C. S. Goldman), is a most valuable addition to
modern Cavalry literature, and appears at an opportune moment to
counteract and dispel some misleading conclusions which have been
drawn by certain writers (both English and foreign) from reported
operations in the late Manchurian War.

One or two distinguished foreign soldiers who have publicly commented
upon that campaign have said that what is termed the 'Cavalry sp