Amid the mass destruction, the mud and the static trenches of the Great War, it soon became clear that the days of the heroic cavalry charge were over, as a mounted trooper from Stone quickly found ...

Ceremonies are being held in the village of Nery in northern France, 100 years to the day since a British cavalry unit held the line against advancing German forces that outnumbered them four to one.

The first battle between Germany and Britain in World War One took place not on the muddy fields of France but in the scrub land of Togo. Keen to compete with its European rivals, Germany acquired ...

Private George Blakeman was out of place in the trenches. He was a cavalryman, a mounted trooper of the Hussars – and would have preferred to be out in the open, relying on the speed of his horse and ...

A ride to commemorate the crucial role played by the British and French cavalry in World War One has ended in the French town of Nery. The War Horse Ride 2014 started in Maroilles on 27 August with 35 ...