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Famous Fights of Indian Native Regiments

1914

"I bid you to go 11;:ward a= d a I fresh lustre to the glorious achiever.c :es and nolle traditions of courage and !ivalry of my Indian Army whose honour and fame are in your hands.""CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION Xi A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIAN ARMY THE SIKHS. 9 THE RAJPUTS 19 THE MAHRATTAS 25 THE GURKHAS 42 THE DOGRAS 69 THE BALUCHIS 73 THE BATTLES OF THE GOLDEN DAGON PAGODA. 81 BHURTPOR [...] The native cavalry with the exception of the Body-Guards and the three regiments of Madras Lancers (now the 26th King George's Own Light Infantry the 27th Light Cavalry and the 28thFights of Indian Native Regiments Light Cavalry) is organised on what is called the SiHadar System i.e. [...] They may now be found in the heart of the Central Provinces on the east Central India on the north and on the borders of Rajptana to the north and west. [...] The Mahratta country extends from Bombay in the north to Goa in the south and from the Indian Ocean in the west to the Central Provinces and the Nizam's Dominions in the east. [...] To stand by the side of their big brothers of the Black Watch the Seaforth the Gordon the Cameron and the Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders in glory and renown is their Nirvana of bliss ; and now in the greatest conflict of Europe to fight and if need be to die in the same line with them for the great King-Emperor (the Padisha) in the defence of the world against tyranny and wrong is ab
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Frontmatter
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A General Description of the Indain Army
1-8 Reginald Hodder view
The Sikhs
9-18 Reginald Hodder view
The Rajputs
19-24 Reginald Hodder view
The Maharattas
25-41 Reginald Hodder view
The Gurkhas
42-68 Reginald Hodder view
The Dogras
69-72 Reginald Hodder view
The Baluchis
73-80 Reginald Hodder view
The Battles of the Golden Dagon Pagoda (Burmese War 1824)
81-99 Reginald Hodder view
The Bhurtpore (1826)
100-103 Reginald Hodder view
The War in Scined (Meeanee 1843)
104-108 Reginald Hodder view
The First Sikh War (Moodkee 1845)
109-115 Reginald Hodder view
Aliwal and Sobraon (1846)
116-130 Reginald Hodder view
The Storming of the Taku Forts (1859)
131-133 Reginald Hodder view
The Third Afgan War(1880)
134-138 Reginald Hodder view
Tel-El-Kebir and (1882) Kassassin
139-142 Reginald Hodder view
Battles Around Suakin
143-148 Reginald Hodder view
The Frontier Fighting of 1886
149-153 Reginald Hodder view
The Relife of Chitral
154-158 Reginald Hodder view
Battle of Dargai (1897)
159-161 Reginald Hodder view
A List of Indian Native Regiments
162-180 Reginald Hodder view

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