allowing for an effective attack in force. Not all lessons from the period were effective but the Boer War provided the catalyst needed for full scale reforms that had been casually ignored in previous conflicts. The British Expeditionary Force of 1914 utilised infantry tactics that far outperformed their European counterparts. This is shown from the early battles of the Great War in Mons and Le Cateau, as whilst the German armies had superiority in their numbers, the British, using dispersed formations and accurate fire, were able to achieve early successes and gain a reputation for having the best infantry with the best tactics on the field of battle.
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