The spectator., 1918-08-16
General Foch Used French Horse men to Advantage in
 Big Drive.
PROVE GOOD FIGHTERS AFOOT
Ridss 80 Miles in Day and Relieves Iard-Pressed British in Flanders --Makes New Place for
 Self in Warfare.

Nashington.-Ski use of French -s-asairy has marked General Foch's tactics -exer since he took over control cv-s the allied armies as supreme com- nAander. according to information reaching military circles here, The fi,gsemen have played an important ruIe in the whole battle of 1918. as sse struggle which began March 2l Nrsth the first German drive has come tos he known.
 The employment of swift-moving eoiamas in the present counter,stroke from the AiSne- Marne line has been soted in the dispatches. Again Gen ssraI Foch took advantage of the great mobility of the mounted arm to throw fe in wherever his advancing infantry sYnits threatened to lose touch with e,sssn other in the heat and confusion ssF the contest. No gaps have been left where the enemy might strike back, fur always the hOrsemen came up to ill the hole until the infantry line could be rectified and connected in q solid front.
 The same tactics marked the first use of French cavalry in the battle of E'icarty, when the French took over -I5 miles of front from the British go permit the latter to mass reserves at seriously threatened points of the line farther north.
 ~A Cavalry Fights Afoot.
 \ French cavalry corps complete Nitb light artillery nrmored cars and e.yfJists arrived first on the scene in T'icardy and relieved the British. They fesIght it out afoot until the heavy French infantry arrived and took over he task
 Three days later the horsemen were en the move again, this time hurrying fo the front. where the enemy was hitting hard at the Lys line. The cav s,try rode hard as the advance guard qs the French infantry columns march sss toward St. Omar. In the first v hours. despite the long strain sa- lighting in Picardy. they covered Ss miles without losing a man or horse on the way. In 66 hours they isad transferred their whole corps over xSy miles and arrived east of Mont EesseI.
 ''It was wonderful sight" writes the chief of staff of q division "The horses were in fine condition the men were cheerful and went singing, in spite ssS the sufferings and privations they had to endure.
 "fn truth, our boys looked a little ssxsd, but they were all very proud -rSTat such an effort had been asked -es them and all were bearing it cheer snny''
 The cavalry corps stood in support af the British for ten days in April ss-ter the enemy had forced the line held by the Portuguese division. It maintained communication between swo British armies and organized the ground from Mont Cassel to Mont Eemmei while the French army Fuoved up behind It. As the French infantry came into line the cavalry was eirawn off to the left in the Mont Kemmel region, and for five days 7Ilc horsemcn, fighting afoot with two infantry divisions, wjthstood the ter rife assaults of the Germans who sought to hammer a way through be- .hlpd Ypres at any cost
 4 They stood steady bombardment for StjayS, and when the infantry was hem. T,led in on top of Mont KemmeL 5the cavalry drove forward in counter SRrtack ana held off tht shock divisions 5eS the enemy while tue French gun arerS got their pieces away.
 i Later, at the battle of Locre the k cavalry also shared fully with the in Y fsntrg, blocking gaps in the line, and Z riie final definite occupation of the S town for the allies was accomplished fl sy cavalry battalion. A sergeant l :snd handful of dragoonS drove 40 z Germans out of the town, and at an 2 other point a cavalry officer and 70