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More than 8 million horses, mules and donkeys died in World War I alone. These rugged animals transported ammunition and supplies over landscapes that vehicles could not navigate.

Horses were a significant part of the Great War. When the war started in 1914, horses were used in the calvary on both sides to fight each other.

Throughout history, horses have played an irreplaceable role in warfare, serving as transport, cavalry, and logistical ...

Back then, war horses were the main way that soldiers got around battlefields. Horses from farms, racecourses and stables were often sent away to be used in combat.

The War Horse Memorial is unveiled on Saturday at the East Alton Public Library. During World War I, the East Alton stock yards were used to house and train some 250,000 horses for the armies of ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Three months after the first shots of World War I rang out in August 1914, the withering brutality of the fighting in Europe reached across the Atlantic and began ...

Of Horses and War A historical novel recalls Hardy and Lawrence in evoking the natural world and coming of age. Allan Massie reviews “The Horseman” by Tim Pears.

"War Horse" is about Joey, a farm horse sold to the British Army in 1914, at the beginning of World War I, and sent to the battlefront . . . and about Albert, the boy who loves him so much he sets ...

Three months after the first shots of World War I rang out in August 1914, the withering brutality of the fighting in Europe reached across the Atlantic and began reshaping Hampton Roads with an ...