British cavalry lancers, France Size:S: 36 x 28cm Figures 1-24 appended to a

Figures 1-24 appended to a letter from Leonard Stocke

Peter Collins at an International Meeting

looking away from a book held upon his knee in a reading position

they are often the strongest and most persuasive solicitors for mercy

British cavalry lancers, France Size:S: 36 x 28cm Figures 1-24 appended to aBritish cavalry lancers, France, 1914. Dismounted cavalrymen of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) walking alongside their horses and carrying their lances, watched by French civilians. Machine guns, artillery and the nature of the terrain quickly rendered the use of cavalry obsolete on the Western Front, particularly when the conflict became one of trench warfare.