History of the British Cavalry: Volumes 1-8 : COMPLETE SET : First Editions : 1-4 SIGNED – Marquess of George Charles Henry Victor Paget Anglesey

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All first editions, dating from 1973 to 1997. Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are signed ‘Anglesey’ All jackets have only light general shelf wear, and now in protective cellophane covers for extra protection. No tears. Books ALL very clean. Bindings tight. See Our OWN PHOTOGRAPH of these magnificent 1-8 volumes. Rare to find a complete set 1-8 in such beautiful condition. VERY HEAVY SET WILL INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL

A History of the British Cavalry, 1816 to 1919, Vol. I: 1816-1850
The first volume, after a prologue in which the origins and early development of mounted warfare are discussed, covers the period from 1815 to 1850. During those years the cavalry were employed in action chiefly in India, which therefore provides the setting for much of this volume.
A History of the British Cavalry, 1816 to 1919, Vol 2: 1851-1871
In the second volume of his definitive history of the final hundred years of the British Cavalry, Lord Anglesey deals with a considerably more active period than that which he covered in his first. During the two decades now investigated, the stagnation which had settled on the military scene for the thirty-five years following Waterloo came to an abrupt end.
A History of the British Cavalry, 1816-1919, Volume 3: 1872-1898
It covers the high noon of the British Empire, beginning with the Zulu War of 1879 and ending with Kitchener’s River War nineteen years later. Between those two conflicts came the Second Afghan War and the catastrophe of Maiwand; the First Boer War of 1881; Wolseley’s Egyptian campaign of 1882, which ended in the occupation of Cairo and his Nile campaign of 1884-1885, which failed to rescue Gordon from Khartoum. Also described in some detail is the cavalry’s part in the neglected but highly interesting campaigns against Osman Digna in the Eastern Sudan.
History of the British Cavalry Vol 4 1899-1913
Describes in fascinating detail the part the Cavalry played in the Boer War which lasted from 1899 to 1902, a war that saw the destruction of 350,000 out of the 500,000 horses employed by the British to win it. The chief subject of this volume is the “Cavalry Debate” which followed the Boer War. Could the Cavalry remain an essential part of the Army’s “weapons systems” until the advent of sophisticated rifles.
A History of British Cavalry : Volume 5: 1914-1919 Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Volume 5covers the last glory days of cavalry in World War I’s Middle Eastern theater, as British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand cavalry conducted some of the most brilliant mounted operations of all time. Volume 5 covers the last glory days of cavalry in World War I’s Middle Eastern theater, as British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand cavalry conducted some of the most brilliant mounted operations of all time.
A History of the British Cavalry, 1816-1919, Volume 6: 1914-1918, Mesopotamia
The Turkish province of Mesopotamia (now known as Iraq) posed a great threat to British India in World War I. Allied operations across this vast territory were ultimately successful, but sowed the seeds of many future conflicts.
A History of the British Cavalry, 1816-1919 Vol 7
The Curragh Incident and the Western Front 19n the seventh, and second last, volume in this historical work, Lord Anglesey shows how superior the British cavalry was compared to those of the French and German s. He concentrates on the first five months of the War.

A History Of The British Cavalry, 1816 – 1919 : Volume 8:The Western Front, 1915 – 1918, Epilogue, 1919 – 1939
This is the last volume of his monumental chronicle. The author examines the cavalry’s role in trench warfare and shows how at the worst crisis moments, the cavalry’s superior …