Title

French cavalry on a reconnaissance mission, Somme, France, 1914. Artist: Unknown

Caption

French cavalry on a reconnaissance mission, Somme, France, 1914. In the face of machine guns, modern artillery and barbed wire, cavalry quickly became obsolete on the Western Front once the conflict became one of trench warfare.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1926

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C14_187

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

90,2Mb (2,4Mb) / 23,6in x 14,9in / 7067 x 4463 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal road people male man men animals horses horse riding rider street country French France pointing guy lane avenue column pillar pillars mounted war front location century soldiers soldier first world war horseback concept picardy B&W cavalry MONOCHROME Army warfare World War I WWI reconnaissance black & white black and white B W Military personnel World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War Somme TGN Western Front WW1 photograph Unknown photograph