This book describes the history of the British cavalry in detail, running up to World War I.

A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919, Vol. 4: 1899-1913

History

George Charles Henry Victor Paget

Marquess, Of Anglesey

Europe

Pen & Sword Books/Leo Cooper

The British Empire was at its height during this period, which saw the cavalry in many colonial engagements, such as the Moonlight Charge at Kassassin and the Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman.

A History of the British Cavalry: 1872-1898, Volume III

Secker Warburg

The first volume, after a prologue in which the origins and early development of mounted warfare are discussed, including the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, covers the period from 1816-1850. During this period, the Cavalry were chiefly in action in India, fighting in a number of wars from the Nepal War, through to the First Afghan and First and Second Sikh Wars.

A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919, Vol. 1: 1816-1850

Science & Math

Anglesey Mar, George Charles Henry V

Technology

Volume II covers the traumatic experiences of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Of the battle of Balaklava, Lord Anglesey writes as fully as has ever been done before. This volume also covers The Persian War of 1856-57, the China War of 1860 and the Ambela and Abyssinian campaigns.

A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919, Vol. 2: 1851-1871

In this 5th volume, Lord Anglesey tells of the spectacular exploits of the yeomanry of Britain, the Australasian and Indian mounted forces in the Middle East between 1914-1918. He establishes that the Light Horse of Australia and New Zealand proved themselves to be perhaps the most skilful and effective soldiers on horseback in British history.

A History of the British Cavalry 1914-1919, Volume V

Anglesey George Charles Henry Victor Paget

PEN SWORD BOOKS

The 1914-1918 war was the first truly World War and the vast and devastating operations on the Western and Eastern Front dominate the history books. However, by the standards of previous military conflicts, the Palestine and Mesopotamia campaigns against the Turks were on an unprecedented scale.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY, VOL 6: 1914-1918 , MESOPOTAMIA

Ancient Civilizations

In Volume VII it is shown how superior the British Cavalry was to those of the French and German in the first five months of the Great War. A major factor in their success was their skill in dismounted firepower and their capacity to move speedily from one point to another.

A History of the British Cavalry the Curragh Incident and the Western Front 1914, Volume VII

Anglesey, Marquess Of

This is the last volume of his monumental chronicle. The author examines the cavalry's role in trench warfare and shows how at the worst crisis moments, the cavalry's superior mobility saved the day.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY, VOL 8: THE WESTERN FRONT 1915-1918; EPILOGUE 1919-1929 (v. 8)

Henry William Paget, first Marquess of Anglesey, was born more than twenty years before the French Revolution. Like his famous contemporary the Duke of Wellington, he became a legend during his lifetime. As a youth he was in one scrape after another; in his forties he figured in a celebrated elopement and duel which caused much scandal; but he is best known for his greatness as a cavalry leader. His brilliant timing of the charge of the 'heavies' at Waterloo averted disaster in the first crisis of that battle. Having lost a leg by one of the last shots fired on that sanguinary day, he was later known as One-leg Paget. Anglesey was twice lord-lieutenant of Ireland. He was still in high office two years before his death at the age of 85. His present biographer, the seventh Marquess of Anglesey, has made adroit use, in this reprinted edition, of his letters and other unpublished material in a narrative that is full of dramatic, humorous, and romantic incident. Among the famous figures prominent in this absorbing story are the Prince Regent, Queen Victoria, Sir John Moore, Lord Melbourne, Daniel O'Connell and, of course, the 'Iron Duke', with whom Anglesey was often at odds but of whom in old age he became a very close friend.

One Leg: The Life and Letters of Henry William Paget : First Marquess of Angelesey 1768-1854

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Leo Cooper

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