Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "مشاة الدراجات الهوائية" in Arabic language version.
Military....The cycle has also been taken up for military purposes. For this idea the British army is indebted to Colonel A. R. Savile, who in 1887 organized the first series of cycle manœvres in England. Since then military cycling has undergone a great development, not only in the country of its origin but in most others.
