The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-08-30
General Foch Used French Horse
men to Advantage In
Big Drive.
PROVE GOOD HeHTEas NooT


eaysiry has married General Fvch's
tactics ever sinew he took ever eonirea
os the allied srsniea a. .saprcrns com.
mander, according 10 information
reaching military ctreses here. The
Aer~emsn have played 40 Important
role In the whole battle Of 1918 as
xhs struggle which began March Il
with the frst German drive has ectas
10 b. known.
The employment Of swttt.mcviHg
columns In tho pFesaat eoansegstruks
fren the AiSne- Marns tine has been
acted la the dispatches Agaia Geo
srsi Feeh took advantage az the great
mobility Of the mounted arm 10 throw
II la wherever his advancing iafahtry
anits threatened 10 Lose taaeh with
each ether In the heat and coafHstoa
Of the contest. Ne gaps hsva been leTs
where the enesay might strike back.
for always the horsemen came cp 10
all the hole nntll the Infantry iine
eoaad e~ seesitiesi and connected In a
solid frvnt.
The same tactics marked the FIRST
uss Of Frrneh cavalry To the battle sf
f'frwray. wTssa ghs Erwnsss sssskr ,evex
10 mites ~ front from tho British
10 permit the latter 10 mass reserves,
ut seriously threatened poinis u the
line farther north
Cavalry Flights Ascot
A French cavalry corps complete
With light artillery. armoret cars and
cyclists arrived hrst On the scene In
ricardy and relieved the British They
fought Il eut nfoot until the heavy
French infanlry arrived and took over
the task
Three days later the hor~etnen were
on the move again. this time hurrying
to the front. where the encmy was
hitting hard at the Iys llne, The cav.
airy rode hard ~ tho advance rnaFd
Of the French Infantry columns march.
ed toward m. Omar, In the nrss
q hours despite the Icing strain
Of fighting In rinray they covered
40 miles without losing a man o. .
horse on the way. In On hours they
had transferred their whole corps over
iaa miles and arrived east Of Mont
Cassel.
II, Was A wonderful sight" writes
the chief 81 staff of division. The
.hetSss scrs. IN nne cundstion the men
were cheerful and went singing, In spits
Of the suffertnSs and prissiions they
bad 20 endure.
In truth. eur boys locked ll,tis
tired. but they were all very proud
thu, such an effort had heea asked
AZ them and NIL ~rre bearing II cheer.
fully"
The cavalry corps stood In support
Of the British for ton days In April
after the enemy had forced the line
held by the Portuguese division, II
maintained Communication between
two British armies and organized the
ground from Mont Cassel 10 Moht
Ksaiaei. while the French army
moved M behind II, Az the French
Infantry came into tine the cavalry was
drawn nfF tts sAo left tn the
Mon, Kemnael region. and FOR Eve days
the herscmen fighting afco' with 'so
-sesa.s.ss flyllssossst ~ ltasttti shc .tfr
rife assaults N The tierrNans who
sought to hamnser way through be-
hind ipres at aaT cost
They stossi steady bornhardsnrn' for
days, ana when the Infantry was heTs-
RED In on tsp If Mcnt Krnmst,
rhr cavalry drove fer~ ara In counter.
attack and held of. TIE shecS divisions
~ the enefas while the french gin
nsr~ gnt tf4elr pieces away
Later. a, the battle NJ Inere, the
cavalry also SHARED fully With the In.
fantry. bleesiag gaps 10 the l'nn, anil
the FINAL draSlte occupation 1T the
town fer the allies was accomplished
hs cavalry battalion A sergeant
saa a handful 81 Dragons drove ~
Germans ou. o. the town. and AZ an
ether p~siat a cavalry oficer and ID