Light Horse a history of Australia's mounted arm
This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Light Horse in war and peace. It examines the place of the Light Horse in Australia's military history throughout its existence, from its antecedents in the middle of the nineteenth century, until the disbandment of the last regiment in 194...
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Port Melbourne, VIC
Cambridge University Press
2010
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| Series: | Australian Army history series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Ancestors: Australia's colonial mounted troops, 1803-99
- 2. Tough lessons: South Africa, 1899-1902
- 3. The Hutton era: founding the Light Horse, 1901-5
- 4. Unfulfilled promise: the militia Light Horse, 1905-20
- 5. The Light-Horsemen 1: citizen mounted troops and Australian society
- 6. Mounted rifles: the Light Horse at war, 1914-17
- 7. Cavalry: the Light Horse at war, 1917-19
- 8. The Light-Horsemen 2: the Light-Horseman at war
- 9. Final years: the Light Horse at home, 1921-44.