I have been reading Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel and it thoroughly covers cavalry units that were still playing prominent roles in the Polish-Soviet war. I was wondering if their use had played a more prominent role on the Eastern Front in comparison to the Western Front where it seems that cavalry had been phased out by the end of the war.
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in comparison to the Western Front where it seems that cavalry had been phased out by the end of the war.
Cavalry did in fact play a prominent role on the Eastern Front, but it was never phased out in the West. There may have been a reduction in the number of units due to the positional warfare of 1915-1917, but the French and British had their cavalry corps at the war's end. In the east, Cavalry saw use in their traditional roles, screening, reconnaissance, pursuit, raiding and in clashes with opposing cavalry. There was widespread use of Cavalry in 1914-15, in particular a cavalry battle at Tauroggen near the East Prussian frontier in 1915, while 1916 saw Russian cavalry raid deep into the Austro-Hungarian rear during the Brusilov Offensive.