Uniforms of the British Army, 1914, from a series of postcards of uniforms of the combatants in the 1914 European War.
Guerre Européenne 1914Armée AnglaiseDragon guardsScots greysHussardGendarme de campagneLancierOfficier du génieGénéralLife guardsVolontaireVolontaire AustralienVolontaireGrenadier guardsScots guardsColdstream guardsColstream guards (pet. tenue)Kings Royal RiflesRifles brigradeScottish RiflesCameron highlandersHighlanders (officier)Royal Scots fusiliersCorps ExpéditionnaireInfanterie anglaiseTroupes de l'IndeRégiment de Cippayes West India (officier)Déposé J.C 8-9European War 1914 British Army Dragoon guardsScots GreysHussarMounted PolicemanLancerEngineering OfficerGeneralLife GuardsVolunteerAustralian VolunteerVolunteerGrenadier GuardScots GuardColdstream GuardColstream Guards (service dress)Kings Royal RiflesRifle BrigadeScottish RiflesCameron HighlanderHighlanders (Officer)Royal Scots FusiliersExpeditionary CorpsEnglish InfantryIndian troopSepoy Regiment West India (Officer)Filed J.C 8-9Reverse:J'espere bien que cette carte plâira à sa petite majesté, elle a été achetée à son intention . . .I hope that this card will appeal to his little majesty, it was purchased for him. . .
"They soon gave us practical proof that they could shoot, for in the first few engagements our battalion was reduced to about half. . . . We were at once struck with the great energy with which their infantry defended itself when driven back and by the determined efforts made by it at night to recover lost ground. In this it was well supported by its field artillery which, like the French, is at least as good as ours. . . . The main strength of the British undoubtedly lies in the defence and in the utilization of ground. Their nerves undoubtedly react better than those of the Germans, and their sporting instincts render them easier than our men to train in shooting, and in the use of ground and patrolling. The hardiness of their infantry was very apparent near Ypres."
Excerpt on the strengths of the British infantry- and artillery-man from the Berliner Tageblatt around mid-November, 1914, by an editor who was serving as a lieutenant in the German Reserves in Flanders. Soldiers of the British Army were trained to fire 15 accurate rounds per minute.
Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914, Vol. II, October-November by J. E. Edmonds, pp. 456, 457, copyright © asserted, publisher: MacMillan and Co., Limited, publication date: 1925
1914-11-14, 1914, November, British Army, British Expeditionary Force, BEF
