Originally published in 1906 as part of the valued 'Pall Mall Series' of military text books, works that are now regarded as classics of military theory Intended for serious or professional students of military history, each volume in this sought after series is interspersed with strategical and tactical comments and illustrated by numerous coloured maps. This is a well written and accurate account of a large mass of German cavalry on service patrol, based on events during the The Battle of Spicheren during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. With good coloured maps comprehensively showing the German cavalry on every second day, and a very full index that gives the most important duties and the amount of instruction that can be gained. An detailed and scholarly work that is rare in it's original 1908 edition.