but military traditionalists wanted cavalry still to be trained as the arme blanche, bringing shock tactics to bear by charging the enemy with lance and...

musket alone could not ensure victory. By employing both musket and arme blanche ("White Weapons"i.e. metal swords, lances, spears, and the like), the...

developed this theme in two further works he published in 1911: War and the Arme Blanche and German Influence on British Cavalry. The novel contains many realistic...

of War. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1971. Print. O'Connell, Robert L., "Arme Blanche", Military History Quarterly, Vol. 5, nº 1. The Bloody Crucible of Courage:...

Commander-in-Chief, not least because he was not as opposed as Roberts to the "arme blanche". In August 1900 Kitchener praised French to the Duke of York (later...

improve the marksmanship of the cavalry. This did not endear him to the arme blanche ('pro-cavalry') faction, which included French and Douglas Haig, and...

firearms, but traditionalists wanted cavalry still to be trained as the arme blanche, charging with lance and sabre. Although the traditional view appears...

hunting or general hunting, with red ribbon used when stag hunting or arme blanche hunting. The ribbon was "sewn up" (i.e. with a bow at the base of the...

regiments to lighten the burdens of their horses, on the ground that the arme blanche was little likely ever to be used." Yildirim Army Group suffered a serious...

quickly, normal cavalry training with swords or lances (known as the arme blanche) was dispensed with and the new yeomanry was issued only with rifles...