After surveying cavalry before 1914 and the regiment’s earlier history, Durand follows the Thirteenth Hussars from India to France in 1915 and 1916, then to Mesopotamia, where they endured the summer heat, marched up for Maude’s offensive on the Tigris and made mounted charges against the Turks. Letters and soldiers’ recollections give the fighting its human detail.
A memorial history for readers of the cavalry war and the Mesopotamian campaign. Download the free EPUB.