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• •Motor ambulances still had limitations – they could not operate in the muddy terrain so horse wagons were still used. Sometimes 6 horses were used rather than 2.
• •The Times led a charity appeal to raise money for motor ambulances. After 3 weeks the appeal had bought 512 ambulance wagons which make it easier to move the injured.•
• •When the BEF was first sent to France in 1914, the leadership of the army chose not to send any motorised ambulances.
• News of this reached Britain and The Times appealed for donations, as a result enough money for 512 ambulance was raised. 
• By October 1914 the first motor ambulances reached the front line sent by the Red Cross. However, the worse the terrain the less effective motor ambulances were. Therefore horses continued to be used, sometimes up to six at a time in horrendous conditions