British cavalry lancers, France Size:XL: 100 x 75cm View looking west of Holborn

View looking west of Holborn Viaduct under construction

LONDON' Bottomley held the post of Demonstrator of Experimental Physics at the University of Glasgow for 29 years

Peter Nicholas

2nd May 1949

British cavalry lancers, France Size:XL: 100 x 75cm View looking west of HolbornBritish cavalry lancers, France, 1914. Dismounted cavalrymen of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) walking alongside their horses and carrying their lances, watched by French civilians. Machine guns, artillery and the nature of the terrain quickly rendered the use of cavalry obsolete on the Western Front, particularly when the conflict became one of trench warfare.