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PublisherRohan Vij

ISBN-109386457237

ISBN-139789386457233

eBay Product ID (ePID)242799915

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Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSideshows of the Indian Army in World War I

Publication Year2018

SubjectMilitary / World War I, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)

TypeTextbook

AuthorHarry Fecitt

Subject AreaHistory

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Military Operations in Aden during 1914 and 19152. Military Operations on the North-West Frontier and in Baluchistan - October 1914 - March 1917 3. The Actions at Shimber Berris, Somaliland, November 1914 to February 1915 Indian Sepoys fighting with the Somaliland Camel Corps 4. The 36th Sikhs at the fall of Tsingtao, China October to November 19145. The Suez Canal 1914-156. The Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine 1915 - 19187. The East Persia Cordon and the Sarhad Operations, 1915 - 19178. Indian Military Transport units in Macedonia 1916 - 19189. The 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) in German and Portugese East Africa- September 1917 - February 191810. Operations in Transcaspia 1918 - 1919 Sowars, Sepoys and Guides fight the Bolsheviks11. Fighting The Tangistanis Bushire, Persia, July - September 191512. The Gurkha Action at Tor, Sinai The 2/7th Gurkhas in action on 12th February 1915 13. Atonement: The 5th Light Infantry in German Kamerun August 1915 to February 191614. The 5th Light Infantry in East Africa March 1916 - January 191815. Lake Victoria, German East Africa, 6th December 191516. The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs and the Senussi The Egyptian Western Desert, November 1915 to February 191617. The 40th Pathans in action in East Africa January 1916 to February 191818. Indian Army Units in Action, March to mid-June 191619. Kisangire and Kisiju - Operations north of the Rufiji River Delta, German East Africa October and November 191620. The 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) in East Africa - December 1916 to December 191821. Indian Army Battalions in the Battle of Ramadi, Mesopotamia, 27-29 September 1917; Gurkhas, Garhwalis and Punjabis in action22. The 30th Punjabis at Tandamuti Hill and Nakadi Ridge, East Africa - February - October 191723. The Kuki Rising 1917-1919 Insurrection in north-eastern India and Burma The Indian Labour Corps in the Great War and the Kuki tribe24. Fighting the Marris and the Khetrans The Duki Column of the Marri Field Force, Baluchistan. February to April 191825. Indian Army units in Dunsterforce North-West Persia in 191826. Reforming and Redeploying The 120th Rajputana Infantry in southern Persia and Seistan 1918 - 192027. Death on a Dark Desert Night Scinde Horse sowars and Sikh Pioneers fighting to the death in the Manchester Column disaster. Hilla, Mesopotamia, July 1920BibliographyMapsChapter Location MapEast Africa MapMiddle East Map

SynopsisThis book highlights the lesser known campaigns undertook by the Indian Army of undivided India during the Great War or as we know it World War I., Through the course of the centenary of the Great War, dialogue around Indian Army's involvement in various battlefields stretching from France to Gallipoli and Mesopotamia has intensified. The interested public is now more aware of India's contribution to the Great War. What is not widely known is the extent of Indian Army's involvement in other Great War and post-Great War battlefields around the world.Sepoys and Sowars of the Indian Army were involved in military actions in Macedonia and the Egyptian Western Desert, and from West Africa to China. The enemies were varied Germans, Bulgarians, Turks, enemy African Askari and Arab irregular troops, Mesopotamian insurgents, Somali, Senussi, Baluchi and Persian tribesmen, and Russian Bolsheviks who used Austrian and Hungarian former prisoners of war in their forces. But the regiments operating in these far-flung outposts of European Empires did not falter, and every campaign that they were involved in was successfully concluded or drawn to a close for political reasons.This book highlights the lesser known campaigns undertook by the Indian Army of undivided India. It is hoped that it will generate a strong sense of pride in the battlefield achievements of a generation of warriors who all volunteered to serve, wherever in the world that service took them.