LEADER 02776oam 2200517I 450 001 9910149371803321 005 20230810001258.0 010 $a1-315-61413-8 010 $a1-317-03993-9 010 $a1-317-03994-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315614137 035 $a(CKB)3710000000933704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4732748 035 $a(OCoLC)962325430 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000933704 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe British Army Regular Mounted Infantry 1880-1913 /$fAndrew Winrow 210 1$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (332 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in Modern British History ;$v11 311 $a1-138-33004-3 311 $a1-4724-7849-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. The quest for mobile firepower -- 2. Foundations -- 3. Doctrine -- 4. Forging an identity -- 5. Training the Mounted Infantry -- 6. Imperial perspectives -- 7. Colonial warfare and the Mounted Infantry paradigm -- 8. A wild goose chase : South Africa 1899-1902 -- 9. Remonstrance, renaissance and re-designation -- 10. Demise -- 11. Conclusions. 330 $a"Rather than fight on horseback in the traditional manner of cavalry, the regular Mounted Infantry would use horses primarily to move swiftly about the battlefield, where they would then dismount and fight on foot, thus appearing to anticipate the development of mechanised infantry tactics during the twentieth century. Yet despite being one the most important innovations of the late Victorian and Edwardian British Army, the mounted infantry concept was abandoned by the British Army in 1913, just at the point when it may have made the transition from a colonial to a continental force. Exploring the historical background to the Mounted Infantry, this book untangles the debates that raged between its advocates and the supporters of the established cavalry."--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in modern British history ;$v11. 606 $aInfantry drill and tactics$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aInfantry drill and tactics$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSouth African War, 1899-1902 615 0$aInfantry drill and tactics$xHistory 615 0$aInfantry drill and tactics$xHistory 615 0$aSouth African War, 1899-1902. 676 $a356/.1094109034 700 $aWinrow$b Andrew.$0870976 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149371803321 996 $aThe British Army Regular Mounted Infantry 1880-1913$91944298 997 $aUNINA