Note 52 — Chapter IX · THE DISPOSITION OF CAVALRY IN A CAMPAIGN

In a well-reasoned article on “Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War” in the Internationale Revue über die gesammten Armeen und Flotten, it is said: “So it is seen that in this war it has been proved once again, and that to a high degree, that nothing great can be accomplished with improvisations of cavalry, and that cavalry, especially when incorporated in divisions, if it wishes to be led to high aims, cannot be stamped out of the ground immediately before great events.”