Excerpt from The Illustrated War News<br><br>In 1830 country postmen in some parts of France were provided with Dandy-horses such as that illustrated in Fig. But little success attended the venture. The weather and roads were such as effectually to prevent it. Military Cyclist Corps are capable of good work in countries where suitable roads are available, rapid and silent movements of large bodies of such troops being easily attained. The fact also that the mounts take care of themselves whilst the riders are actually fighting enables the CD. Of such units to employ all his men to the best advantage. Small bodies of cyclists prove very useful when required for surprise raids, or to destroy bridges, rail ways, etc.; but their chief utility, perhaps, lies in despatch-carrying. For that particular duty a skilful rider on a motor-bicycle is without doubt the most rapid and reliable agent in existence, when the road conditions are practicable.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.