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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
I don't think a good hunter would have had much problem with the old trenches as far as simple width goes.
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"Simple width" of an intact trench... or a bombed-out one? A bombed-out trench is more like a broad and structureless gash in the land, draped with barbed wire, shrapnel, and dead bodies. Definitely not something I'd want to cheerfully jump a horse over. Maybe that's why the "black riders" didn't follow Tolkien's 'lead'...
As I said, the whole story strikes me as dreamlike. If it wasn't a dream (originally!) then I imagine it took place very far from the actual battle "lines". I can't imagine any horse surviving "up and over the top", for the same reason few men survived it.
That's one reason I was hoping Squatter would chime in. Meanwhile I'll take a peek at that "Horses in WW1" link.