"Straight from the horse’s mouth" Topic

Nice job…

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Armand

"There seems to be a belief that in 1914 the British Army robbed farms across the country of all their working horses, leaving them unable to work the land and the agricultural industry in turmoil. The myth persists, I think in part due to depiction of the Army requisition scheme – otherwise known as ‘impressment' – in film and TV. In reality, the British Army impressment scheme had specific exceptions regarding horses working in agriculture and transport (which at the time was of course highly dependent on horse power). The scheme saw 165,000 horses requisitioned by the military in just under 2 weeks, but there was a clear understanding that horses were vital to work on the land. In addition, native heavy draught breeds commonly used by farmers were not preferred by the British Army, who favoured the light draught or clean legged Percheron for work on the front line. Of the 231,683 heavy breeds registered in the 1912-1913 horse census, only 16,670 were impressed. Whilst there were a few ‘over-enthusiastic' remount officers, generally the mobilisation of horses in Britain was completed with little disruption to commercial and agricultural life…"

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Armand

"The other night I was sitting around feeling rather listless and without motivation. So, on went the television despite knowing there was nothing of interest identified. Inevitably, channel flicking then commenced. All of a sudden, I came across a channel showing a programme entitled, "U-Boat Wargamers".

"Hello, what's going on here," I thought.

What I had stumbled across was an episode of a series about how the Royal Navy combatted the German submarine threat in the Atlantic during World War Two. It looks at how an officer was tasked with working out the Kriegsmarine's tactics and produce a counter to it. The officer was Captain Gilbert Williams who led the Western Approaches Tactical Unit (WATU). His means for finding the solution involved wargaming…"

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Armand

TT… "Triple Thread"… enjoy!… Courtesy from DA BUG…

Armand

All three were interesting, so that's sort of a win.

Happy for that my good friend…

Armand