Gus’ Gear – a saddle
Today on Gus' Gear I have a saddle that was given to me by my father for my birthday a few years before he died. Now I need to find…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday : Ieper the 7th and 8th of October 1914
the 3rd cavalry division , which was the one that arrived in Ypres. In charge was Lt.-Gen. von Unger and contained:16th cavalry brigade: 7th Jäger zu Pferde, 8th Jäger zu…
IV International Meisterschaften der Kavallerie 2017
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Reconnaissance part two
Reconnaissance part twoThe reconnaissance patrols also came in three types: close-distance, long-distance, and officer patrols. Close-distance patrols were the primary method used in cavalry reconnaissance. They scouted terrain and situations…
Reconnaissance part one
Reconnaissance part 1 Reconnaissance in 1914 was nothing like modern-day reconnaissance. Aviation and horse-mounted reconnaissance were entirely separate. All the cavalry organizations had a glaring absence of aviation. The same…
Heereskavallerie vs. Divisionskavallerie
Heereskavallerie vs. DivisionskavallerieThis critical understanding is something you do not get from Zuber. It is especially important to people who studied the BEF and their defense along the canal at…
August 14, 1914
August 14, 1914Using the 21-centimeter mortars, two additional forts were destroyed—Forts Fleron and Liers fell. The disabling of these fortresses settled into a pattern as infantry closed off the forts…
August 12, 1914
August 12, 1914German aerial reconnaissance now focused on the Meuse between Namur and Givet: the area from which relief attempts for Liège could be expected. No activity was observed on…
August 11, 1914
Click edit button toAugust 11, 1914By late afternoon of August 11, the 21-centimeter mortars had pounded Fort d’Evegnée into submission. Even before the arrival of the main body of the…
HKK – Höherer Kavallerie Kommandeur – part one
HKK - Höherer Kavallerie Kommandeur - part one Just about everyone who is a fan of World War I has the wrong understanding of corps sized cavalry units in the German…