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Mule Corps and other Army mules.
'''Mules''' formed part of the supply and transport section of armies and were particularly popular with expeditionary forces which had to travel over rougher terrain. A mule driver is called a muleteer. [[Image:0031_Mountain_battery.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Punjab Mountain Battery showing swivel gun barrel on mule'']]
There was also a British Army regiment called the Macedonian Mule Corps established in the summer of 1916 by the British Salonica Army and the Cyprus colonial government, (also known as the Cypriot Mule Corps). These men served mostly in Salonica during the war and in Istanbul after the armistice. <ref>[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9498655&fileId=S0165115314000540 Abstract only] of "Recruitment and Volunteerism for the Cypriot Mule Corps, 1916-1919. Pushed or Pulled?" by Andrekos Varnava, ''Itinerario'' / Volume 38 / Issue 03 / December 2014, pp 79-101</ref> A regimental history, ''The Macedonian Mule Corps 1916-1919 : some records'', compiled by Major J.P.B. Condon (1979, Nicosia) is available at The National Archives Library.
==Recommended reading==
A chapter about mules is included in ''Tales of the Mountain Gunner'' an anthology compiled by those who served with them and edited by C. H. T. MacFetridge and J. P. Warren. Edinburgh : Blackwood, 1973.
<br>An anthology of tales and short stories about one of the most unusual and colourful units in the history of the British Empire: the Mountain Artillery. Its reputation for action attracted a collection of adventurous, able and eccentric officers; usually with a combination of all three qualities. See [[Military reading list#Other| Military reading list - Army - Other]] - List of books recommended by Peter Moore. Another reader said "I cannot recommend too highly ''Tales of the Mountain Gunners''. It is simply enthralling, moving, funny, inspiring and wonderful. It would be in my top 10 books never to part with.<ref>Muerrisch. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/247013-royal-artillery-in-india-pack-battery-query/&do=findComment&comment=2488531 Royal Artillery in India, Pack Battery query] ''Great War Forum'' 28 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.</ref>
<br>Chapters include: in the days work, good fighting, the soldier, the mule, the gun, some characters and more.<ref>[http://www.military-naval-history.co.uk/pages/artillery.htm Books on Artillery and Fortifications] DP&G Publications.</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/BRITISHARMYANIMALS.PDF British Army Transport Animals] Excellent article by Clive Elliott containing lots of background information about the roles played by army mules with accompanying photos and diagrams.
*[http://animalhistorymuseum.org/exhibitsandevents/online-gallery/gallery-8-animals-and-empire/enter-gallery-8/i-imperial-species/mules/ Mules in the ‘English World’: Cultural Rejection versus Practical Utility] by William G. Clarence-Smith. animalhistorymuseum.org. General background information about mules.
*[http://www.limbergunners.ca/html/body_history_of_the_screw_gun.html The History Of The Screw Gun] By Colonel J.R.M. Hubel, CD AdeC BA M Ed limbergunners.ca. Includes a section on mules (scroll down)
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/_assets/archiosgallery/57/2344.jpg Photograph of Indian troops [7 Indian Mounted <nowiki>[Mountain?]</nowiki> Artillery Bde with mules, waiting to embark transport ship at Alexandria, Egypt. No 2278. 1916] from a [http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/the-dardanelles-expedition#Gallery collection of official photographs of the Dardanelles Expedition, 1915-1916.] The Serving Soldier King’s College London
