This collection features not only war horses but also pigeons, dogs, oxen, elephants, camels and other animals that served in various ways during the First World War.
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Army Veterinary Corps treat injured horses.
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Mules transporting torpedos in France
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French Ambulance Dogs are given gas masks.
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Royal West Kents receive Irish Wolfhound as mascot from Czar Nicholas II.
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An elephant 'war worker' pulls a cart along a street in Sheffield.
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Wounded soldiers being rescued by huskies pulling sleds.
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Oxen pulling field guns over pontoon bridge & artillery teams setting up guns.
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Good footage of carrier pigeons being used as messengers during First World War.
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Military exercise with army dogs. France.
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French Army dogs learn to find wounded soldiers.
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ANZAC troops use camels to build sandbag emplacement.
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Cavalry troops in the desert and soldiers riding on camels.
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Soldiers leading mules and horses loaded with supplies.
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Cavalry soldiers in training.
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Cheshire frontiersmen get ready for the sand dunes of Belgium
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The cavalry let their horses drink at river on way to summer camp.
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Footage of soldiers breaking in wild horses.
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Shells are piled up and transported to the front.
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Cossacks in great display of daredevil horseback riding.
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Footage of horses being tested for fitness.
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French horse artillery ride across fields and streams.
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Horses wounded in WW1 battles run around track as part of their recovery.
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Soldiers lead horses to trough to drink
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On the Balkan Front mud is one of the chief enemies
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Elephants are used to sell Liberty Bonds in New York, United States of America.
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Indian troops lead mules carrying supplies along road.
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Soldier with rifle and Alsatian on guard in snow in France.
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