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English: This photograph is eloquent of the complete waste of cavalry in the warfare of the Western Front. The cavalry are returning after an attack, while the equally doomed infantry run into action. Of the dozen or so horses returning, more than half are rider less.

In the new warfare of trenches, wire and heavy artillery, there was no longer a place for brave and chivalrous cavalry attacks. However, few commanders fully admitted this and continued to send men and horses forward on pointless and wasteful attacks.
[Original reads: 'Cavalry after an attack on the enemy.']

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  • World War One official British photographs
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  • nls:dodid 74549496
  • nls:derivative 74408523
  • nls:dodprojectid 74462370
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  • nls:voyagerid
  • Photographic prints
  • Black-and-white prints (photographs)
  • Cavalries
  • Horses
  • Propaganda
  • War photography
  • Photojournalism
  • World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front
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  • owner:name nationallibraryofscotland
  • nls:source solrxml
  • ww1
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  • world war one
  • great war
  • 1914-1918
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  • war
  • The Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I

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current19:39, 7 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 19:39, 7 January 2022897 × 652 (86 KB)Ich (talk | contribs)Cropped 10 % horizontally, 14 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
19:38, 7 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 19:38, 7 January 20221,000 × 758 (97 KB)Ich (talk | contribs)https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn30/7440/74408523.30.jpg
13:37, 16 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:37, 16 November 2016600 × 455 (42 KB) (talk | contribs)National Library of Scotland, Set 72157624150609895, ID 4688557702, Original title Cavalry after an attack on the enemy

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