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War and the Arme Blanche

Chapter 35: INDEX
By Erskine Childers
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The author examines the changing value of blade weapons versus firearms in mounted warfare, identifying physical, psychological, and training problems that affected mounted troops. He compares different mounted formations and actions from the South African campaigning, analyzes particular engagements and the later guerrilla phase, evaluates the effectiveness and limits of mounted charges, and draws lessons from contemporary conflicts such as the Russo-Japanese war. The work ends with concrete reform proposals addressing study, nomenclature, armament and tactics for cavalry and mounted infantry, and the organization of yeomanry and imperial mounted forces.

INDEX

  • Abraham’s Kraal (or Driefontein), action of, 149
  • Acton Homes, 156
  • Afghan War, Cavalry in, Introduction, vi (footnote), xi
  • Alderson, Colonel E. A. H., 94, 180, 181, 196
  • American Civil War, 9, 11–14, 52, 217, 290, 330, 352
  • Artillery, with mounted troops, 147–9, 236–8, 364
    • Bernhardi on, 307
  • Austrian Cavalry (present day), 293, 315, 359
  • “Austrian Official History of the War of 1866,” 351
  • Austro-Prussian War (1866), 11, 111, 351, 352
  • Cæsar’s Camp, 154
  • Canadian Mounted Rifles, 205
  • Cape Mounted Police, 56, 150
  • Cape Mounted Rifles, 56, 230
  • Carrington, General Sir F., 187
  • “Cavalry Training” (Official Manual) (1907), 1–3, 9, 26, 27, 35, 41, 43, 59, 233, 252, 263, 341, 345, 349, 360
    • comparison of, with Bernhardi’s “Cavalry in Future Wars,” Chapter XIII.
    • Official Manual (1898), 51
  • “Cavalry in Future Wars,” by General von Bernhardi. See Bernhardi
  • “Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War,” by Count Wrangel. See Wrangel
  • Chaotao, Japanese Cavalry at, 340
  • Chardeh Valley, action of, 1879, Introduction, xi
  • Charges, British (South African War), with the arme blanche, at Talana, 62
    • at Elandslaagte, Chapter IV., 261–2
    • at Maeder’s farm, 88–9
    • at Klip Drift, 99–112, 261
    • at Diamond Hill, 197, 261
    • at Welgevonden, 256, 261
    • at Zand River, 283
  • Charges of mounted riflemen:
    • at Paardeberg, 120–2
    • at Vaal River, 196
    • at Witpoort, 205
    • at Victoria Nek, 213
    • at Wildfontein, 257
  • Charges, Boer (South African War), 181–2, 212–13, and Chapter XI.
    • summary of, and remarks on, Chapter XI. and Chapter XII.
  • Charges, Boer (South African War), Bernhardi on, 254, 307
  • Charges, Russo-Japanese War, 328, 348
  • Clements, General R. A. P., 93, 150–1
  • Colenso, battle of, 73–4
  • Colesberg, French’s operations round, 85–91
  • Colvile, General Sir H., 187, 200
  • Convoys, attacks on, directions of “Cavalry Training” about, 318–19
  • Cookson, Colonel, 249
  • Cossacks. See Russian Cavalry
  • Crimean War, 11, 18, 111, 261,
    • Introduction, vii
  • Cronje, General Andries, 98
  • Cronje, General Piet, at battle of Magersfontein, 81
    • during relief of Kimberley, 91–112
    • at and before Paardeberg, Chapter VII., Part I.
  • Custozza, battle of, Introduction, viii
  • Delagoa Bay Railway, attacks on, 214
  • De la Rey, General, 81, 149, 200, 204–5, 214, 231–3, 248, 256, 357
  • De Lisle, Colonel, 196
  • Denison, Colonel, author of “History of Cavalry,” 11
  • De Wet, General Christian, at Nicholson’s Nek, 72
    • with Cronje, 89
    • at Waterval, 102, 119, 123
    • at Paardeberg, 123–5
    • at Poplar Grove, 130–40, 149
    • at Sannah’s Post, Reddersburg, Wepener, etc., 179–84
    • raids on railway, June, 1900, 200–1
    • first hunt of, 201–4
    • second hunt of, 211–13
    • third hunt of, 229–30
    • in guerilla war, 211–13, 231, 240
    • allusions to, 172, 331–2
  • De Wet, General Piet, 179–83, 200
  • Dewetsdorp, actions at, 183–4
  • Diamond Hill, battle of, 189, 193–4, 196–7, 261, 285
  • District Mounted Troops (Cape Colony), 218–19
  • Dixon, Brigadier-General H. G., 241
  • Drives, 225–7
  • Dronfield, action of, 113–16, 120, 128, 138, 148, 181, 246, 338
  • Dundonald, General the Earl of, 156, 160–2, 199
  • Du Toit, General, 113
  • Faber’s Put, action of, 199
  • Fen-shui-ling Mountains, 341
  • Ferreira, General, 101, 113, 117
  • Forrest, General (American Civil War), 11, 255
  • Franco-German War (1870), 11, 111, 352
    • Colonel Henderson on, Introduction, vii–ix
  • Francs-tireurs, 302, Introduction, vii
  • Frederikstad, siege of, 211
  • French, General Sir John, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19, 22, 169–70
    • at Elandslaagte, Chapter IV.
    • at Lombard’s Kop, 70–2
    • at Colesberg operations, 86–90
    • relief of Kimberley, 91–112
    • interception of Cronje at Paardeberg, 116–18
    • parallel with De Wet, 124–6
    • at Poplar Grove, 130–46
    • at Karee Siding, 178–9
    • at Dewetsdorp, 183–4
    • from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, 187–204
    • from Pretoria to Komati Poort, 204–9
    • at Zand River, 193, 279–82, 286
    • at Doornkop (outside Johannesburg), 196
    • at Middelburg, 205, 282
    • at Bergendal, 206
    • in march to Barberton, 209
    • in Cavalry march, East Transvaal, October, 1900, 211–12, 216
    • on the abnormal character of the South African War, 266–8
  • French, General Sir John, on Cavalry work in the Russo-Japanese War, 329–34, 339, 343, 345
    • on von Moltke’s criticism of the Prussian Cavalry, 351
  • French Cavalry (present day), 293, 359
  • Fronemann, General, 98
  • Gallwey, Colonel, 243
  • Garratt, Colonel F. S., 257
  • Gatsrand, 230
  • Geduld, action of, 241
  • German Cavalry (present day), 293, 359
  • Glasko, General, 349
  • Goedvooruitzicht, action of, 235
  • Goldman, C. S., author of “With French in South Africa,” translator of Bernhardi’s “Cavalry in Future Wars,” founder of the Cavalry Magazine, etc., 9, 10, 17, 19, 64, 88, 109–10, 140, 142–4, 162, 174, 222, 254, 266, 301, 308, 314, 325, 333, 337
    • on the abnormal character of the Boer War, 270–87
  • Gordon, Brigadier-General J. R. P., 100, 125, 139
  • Graspan, action of, 76–81, 239
  • Grenfell, Colonel, 249–52
  • Grootvlei, action of, 231
  • Guerilla war in South Africa, 45, Chapter X.
  • Hamilton, General Bruce, 235
  • Hamilton, General Sir Ian, in South African War, 187–8, 188 (footnote), 190, 193, 197, 249
    • as observer of Russo-Japanese War, 348–9
  • Hart’s Hollow, fighting at, 164
  • Hei-kou-tai, battle of, 349
  • Heilbron, action near, 201
  • Helvetia, capture of, 214, 232
  • Henderson, the late Colonel G. F. R. (author of “Stonewall Jackson,” “Science of War,” etc), Introduction, vi–ix, and 13, 14, 353
  • Hertzog, General, 211, 229
  • Holland, action of, 247
  • Horses (South African War), condition of, 95–6, 144–6, 189, 197–8, 275–7
  • Household Cavalry, 197
  • Houtnek, action of, 188
  • Hsin-kai-ho, destruction of bridge at, 340
  • Hunter, General Sir A., 187–8, 198–9, 201
  • Hunts of Christian de Wet, (1) 201–3; (2) 211–13; (3) 229–30
  • Hutton, General E. T. H., 196–7, 209
  • Imperial Light Horse, 56, Chapter IV. (at Elandslaagte), 73, 152, 185–8, 199, 240
  • Imperial Mounted Troops (present day), 4–5, 370–1
  • “Infantry Training” (Official Manual), 38, 197, 253, 323
  • Inniskilling Dragoons, 256
  • Itala, Fort, attack on, 232
  • Japanese Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, 323, 345–9, Chapter XIV., 363
  • Johannesburg, fighting outside, 191, 196
  • Joubert, General, 61, 72–3, 151
  • Kaapsche Hoop, 209
  • Kalkfontein (Poplar Grove), 135–6, 140
  • Kanin, Prince, 340, 348
  • Karee Siding, action of, 178–9
  • Kekewich, Colonel, R. G., 231, 249
  • Kemp, General, 207–8, 240–3, 248, 249–52
  • Kimberley, siege of, 74–5
    • relief of, 91–112
    • French’s operations north of, 113–16
    • allusions to, 167, 275, 282, 295, 331
  • Kitchener, General Lord, at Paardeberg, 120–2
    • in guerilla war, 211, 214–29
  • Kitchener’s Kopje (battle of Paardeberg), 123, 130
  • Kleinfontein, action of, 248, 319
  • Klip Drift, charge at, 98–112
  • Klipfontein, pursuit at, 197
  • Knox, General Charles, 212
  • Koch, General, 61, 62
  • Komati Poort, advance of British army to, from Pretoria, 204–9
  • Komati River, action of, and Boer charge at, 212–13, 239
  • Koedoesberg, 91
  • Koodoos Drift, 116, 117
  • Korn Spruit. See Sannah’s Post
  • Kritzinger, General, 211, 229
  • Kroonstad, 191, 193, 281
  • Kruger, President, 138 (at Poplar Grove), 208 (at Komati Poort)
  • Kuram, operations in, 1879; Introduction, vi (footnote)
  • Kuroki, General, 341
  • Kuropatkin, General, 336–7, 340, 348, 352
  • Labuschagne’s Nek, action of, 151
  • Ladysmith, battle of (or Lombard’s Kop), 48, 70–2, 152
    • siege of, 72, 151–4
    • relief of, 155–67
  • Lake Chrissie, action of, 231
  • Lambourne Downs, manœuvres at, 1909, 323
  • Lancers, 9th, 230
  • Langerwacht, action of, 231–2
  • Liao-yang, battle of, 340–1
  • Lichtenburg, attack on, 232
  • Liebenberg, General, 200, 249
  • Lindley, actions near, 197, 200
  • Lombard’s Kop, battle of. See Ladysmith, battle of
  • Lotter, Commandant, capture of, 230, 264, 339
  • Lydenburg, 206–7
  • Lubbe, Commandant, 98
  • “Official History of the Russo-Japanese War” (British General Staff), 335, 348
  • “Official History of the South African War” (German General Staff), 107–9, 125–30, 158, 166, 295–7
  • “Official History of the South African War,” (British), 14, 60, 65, 71, 110, 118–19, 125, 141–2, 158–9, 174, 181, and references passim
  • Oku, General, 348
  • Paardeberg, battle of, 120–30
  • Pen-hse-hu, action of, 341, 348–9
  • Pepworth Hill, attack on, 154
  • Petrusberg, 132
  • Pieter’s Hill, battle of, 157–9, 162, 165
  • Pietersburg, 208
  • Pilcher, Colonel, 91
  • Plumer, Colonel, 74, 186, 200, 283
  • Pohlmann, Commandant, 207
  • Poplar Grove, action of, 131–149
  • Porter, Colonel T. C., 139
  • Potgieter, Commandant, 250
  • Pretoria, advance to, 184–204
    • capture of, 190–2
  • Prinsloo, General M., 173, 201
  • Prospect, Fort, attack on, 233
  • Protectorate Regiment, 56
  • Pursuit, Bernhardi on, 302, 304–6
  • Pursuits (South African War),
    • British, at Elandslaagte, 61–9
    • interception of Cronje, 113–20
    • Poplar Grove, 134–149
    • after Pieter’s Hill, 153–163
    • Klipfontein, 197
  • Pursuits, Boer, at Stormberg, 83
    • Sannah’s Post, 179–183, and Chapter XI.
  • Quaggafontein, action of, 231
  • Queensland, mounted riflemen from, 56
  • Raids (South African War), British, 91, 91–112 (relief of Kimberley), 199–200 (relief of Mafeking), 195, 262, 279, 282. See also Night Raids
  • Raids, Boer: De Wet’s on railway, June, 1900, 201, 230
    • on Cape Colony: (1) November to December, 1900, 212, 229; (2) January to March, 1901, 229–30
    • by Hertzog and Kritzinger, 229–30
    • by Smuts, 229–30
    • by Botha on Natal, 230, 244
  • Raids (Manchurian War), Russian, Mishchenko’s, 337–9
    • Japanese, by Naganuma and Hasegawa, 340
  • Raids, Bernhardi on, 282, 338, 340. See also American Civil War, Stuart, Wilson
  • Ramdam, 98
  • Rawlinson, Colonel Sir H., 235
  • Reconnaissance, 59, 73, 77, 91, 203, 227, 262, 322–3
  • Reddersburg, action of, 183
  • Reitz, action near, 240
  • Reitzburg, 201
  • Rennenkampf, General, 340
  • Rensburg, 87, 151
  • Repington, Colonel A’Court, Military Correspondent of the Times, 292–4, 314–15, 325, 359
  • Revue des deux Mondes, article by General de Negrier, 300
  • Rhodesian Field Force, 186
  • Rhodesia Regiment, 56, 74
  • Ridley, Colonel C. P., 94
  • Rietfontein (Natal), action of, 70
  • Rimington, Brigadier-General M. F., 217, 256
  • Rimington’s Guides, 76
  • Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, on the arme blanche per Cavalry, Introduction
    • arrival in South Africa, 85
    • his command up to the capture of Bloemfontein, Chapters VI., VII.
    • from Bloemfontein to Komati Poort, Chapter IX., 224
    • Preface to “Cavalry Training,” (1904), 352, Introduction, v, xi
  • Roodekraal, action of, 257, 264
  • Roodewal, action of, 249–253, 265, 305
  • Rundle, General Sir Leslie, 184, 187, 200
  • Russian Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, 334–7, Chapter XIV.
  • Russo-Japanese War. See Manchuria, War in
  • Russo-Turkish War (1877), Introduction, vii, 11, 352
  • Tafel Kop, action of, 246
  • Tai-tse-ho River, 327, 340
  • Talana, battle of, 48, 62, 64, 69, 275
  • Telissu, battle of, 337, 348–9
  • Theron, Commandant, 203
  • Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, 72–3, 155
  • Tigerkloof Spruit, action of, 240
  • Tigerpoort Hills, action at, 204–5
  • Times, leading article in (September, 1909), 292–4
  • Times History of the South African War, 60, 100–1, 220–1, and references passim
  • Town Guards (Cape Colony), 218
  • Tschondschu (or Tiessu), action of, 344
  • Tucker, General C., 149, 178–9
  • Turning movements, South Africa, 191–5
    • Bernhardi on, 307
  • Tweebosch, action of, 248–9
  • Tweefontein (Transvaal), action of, 199
    • (Orange River Colony), action of, 231
  • Umbulwana Mountain, 160
  • United States Cavalry, 316
  • Vaal River, crossing of, 191, 196
  • Vendutie Drift, 117
  • Ventersburg road, 280
  • Vet River, action of, 191, 196
  • Victoria, mounted riflemen from, 56
  • Victoria Nek, combat at, 213, 256
  • Viljoen, General Ben, 205, 207–8, 214, 232, 243
  • Vlakfontein, action of, 241–3, 245, 256, 259, 319
  • Von Donop, Colonel, 249
  • Vryheid, attack on, 232
  • Yen-tai Mines (battle of Liao-yang), 337, 340
  • Yeomanry, the present, 4, 5, 15, 89, 324, 356–7, 368–9, also Introduction, xvi
  • Yeomanry (South African War), first contingent of, 86, 184–8, 199, 200
    • second contingent, 218–19
  • Ying-kou, raid on, 337–8
  • Yzer Spruit, action of, 233, 248–9, 319