TROOP HORSES' BURDENS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 253, 4 December 1914, Page 1 (Supplement)

TROOP HORSES' BURDENS.

Cavalry are playing an unexpectedv !ar K e part in the war, and the weight carried l.v cavalry horces m the various armic, is of interest. Our cavalry u, armed with the abort Lee-Enfield rifle, t.h« magazineol wbkh hold, ten round,, except signallers; and the reiohor. carr ed by „ arrant officer*. fcg«*teeantfl. sergeants, trumpeters, and dmfrs Each trooper currw one hundred rounds of ammunition in a bandog over the Wt shoulder. Lame re»Zts carry the lanco. . A g*r Jj British troop-horse can-ie a about .acntj 6t TboCos>arV pony errrics about seyeurrcn stoue. The nmapo «etpnn «•»«- i,M v .he Indian iroop-hur** ulien Ulvio. war Mahout, umeteen .tone The Austrian " troopers carry »W'R«t ol beUe,,, i.«euty-oue and went;-!™ i„o. and the "voragom tboVieueh and licrwan armies is ab«f to same.

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