| Edition |
First Carroll and Graf edition. |
| Description |
xii, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: "The type of the conquering race" : Lisburn, 1903 -- "The land of the Afghans" : John Nicholson and Afghanistan, 1839-1841 -- "respect the British soldier" : Afghanistan, 1841-1842 -- "First comes one Englishman" : the First Sikh War, 1845-1846 -- "I am to have a making of this regiment" : Harry Lumsden and Peshawar, 1847 -- "Connection with us is political death" : Herbert Edwardes and Bannu, 1847-1848 -- "Power to the omnipotent sahibs" : James Abbott and Hazara, 1846-1848 -- "Huzara and its part in the Second Sikh War" : James Abbott abd Hazara, 1848-1849 -- "Sometimes pleasure, sometimes pain" : the Second Sikh War and annexation, 1848-1849 -- "Every man a fair hearing" : consolidating the frontier, 1849-1853 -- I have just shot a man who came to kill me" : John Nicholson and Bannu, 1852-1857 -- "Mutiny is like samllpox" : the Sepoy Mutiny, May-July 1857 -- "Like a king coming into his own" : Delhi Ridge, August-September 1857 -- "Our best and bravest" : the aftermath, September 1857 onwards. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- History.
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North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) -- History, Military.
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India -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
0786708611 alkaline paper |
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