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An ambulance for wounded horses on the battlefield
Unknown, 1916, Press cutting, Reproduction
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An ambulance for wounded horses on the battlefield
An ambulance for wounded horses on the battlefield
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32697
Title
Tending dumb victims of human conflict: an ambulance for wounded horses on the battlefield
Description
From the Illustrated London News published November 4th 1916
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1916
Size
39.6 x 53.4cm
Type
Press cutting
;
Reproduction
Although the First World War saw many technological advances particularly in weaponry, horses and mules were still relied upon for much of the transport. They were used to carry supplies; for general riding; as gun horses (pulling the artillery); and as cavalry horses in battle. The British army used more than one million horses and mules in the First World War and to keep up with demand a thousand a week were sent from America.
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ILN During WWI: Animals and War
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