{"id":60,"date":"2014-05-09T12:47:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T12:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2014-09-10T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T11:26:35","slug":"18-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/trenchbrothersteaching\/18-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"13. Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At the beginning of the war thousands of horses and mules were requisitioned for the war effort. India alone supplied 173,000 animals across Europe. Although the mechanisation of modern armies had started, and would develop during the conflict, most transport throughout the war was delivered by very literal horsepower. Horses pulled guns, food, equipment, supplies and ambulances; pack ponies, mules and donkeys carried the same material closer to the front line where roads became impassable to wheeled vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pack mules carrying Artillery
\u00a9 National Army Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Horses moving a Howitzer – It took a team of ten horses to move one howitzer
\u00a9 National Army Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Other animals were employed by the Army too. Homing pigeons and dogs were both used to carry messages, often in the heat of battle, when telephone communications had broken down.<\/p>\n

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The Veterinary Corps was the part of the Army that provided all these animals with medical care.<\/p>\n

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Dogs at work
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Dogs were trained to take medical supplies to the wounded in no man\u2019s land. Most dogs used were from Battersea Dogs\u2019 Home in London.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Read about Hukum Singh Bahedur, who looked after animals.<\/a><\/div>\n

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Click here<\/b><\/a> to view photos of animals in the First World War<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/b> Michael Murpurgo\u2019s book War Horse<\/i> (also a play and a film), tells the story of a horse called Joey\u2019s perspective of fighting in World War One.<\/p>\n

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