Famous Horses at War

In dreary, doubtful waiting hours Before the brazen frenzy starts, The horses show him nobler powers;- O patient eyes, courageous hearts.'' Into Battle, Julian Grenfell, 1915 In the days of horsed cavalry, a soldier''s mount was a living, breathing companion. It galloped into the jaws of death at the sound of the bugle and the nudge of spurs. It carried its rider over arid deserts, across swollen ...