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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

River Crossing - Cavalry Style

So how do you get cavalry across a wide, deep river where you had no time to construct a pontoon bridge? Here's one way- swimming the horses across with the men in boats. The picture below is from the 1910 Kaiser Maneuvers.

The Blue Cavalry Division fording the Elbing-Fluss River
 

 

 



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