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By Sir Winston S. Churchill

By Sir Winston S. Churchill

"They (Frontier Wars) are but the surf that marks the edge and the advance of the wave of civilisation." LORD SALISBURY, Guildhall, 1892





CONTENTS


PREFACE


CHAPTER I.   THE THEATRE OF WAR

CHAPTER II.   THE MALAKAND CAMPS

CHAPTER III.   THE OUTBREAK

CHAPTER IV.   THE ATTACK ON THE MALAKAND

CHAPTER V.   THE RELIEF OF CHAKDARA

CHAPTER VI.   THE DEFENCE OF CHAKDARA

CHAPTER VII.   THE GATE OF SWAT

CHAPTER VIII.   THE ADVANCE AGAINST THE MOHMANDS

CHAPTER IX.   RECONNAISSANCE

CHAPTER X.   THE MARCH TO NAWAGAI

CHAPTER XI.   THE ACTION OF THE MAMUND VALLEY, 16TH SEPTEMBER

CHAPTER XII.   AT INAYAT KILA

CHAPTER XIII.   NAWAGAI

CHAPTER XIV.   BACK TO THE MAMUND VALLEY

CHAPTER XV.   THE WORK OF THE CAVALRY

CHAPTER XVI.   SUBMISSION

CHAPTER XVII.   MILITARY OBSERVATIONS

CHAPTER XVIII.     AND LAST... THE RIDDLE OF THE FRONTIER





THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD, K.C.B. UNDER WHOSE COMMAND THE OPERATIONS THEREIN RECORDED WERE CARRIED OUT; BY WHOSE GENERALSHIP THEY WERE BROUGHT TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION; AND TO WHOSE KINDNESS THE AUTHOR IS INDEBTED FOR THE MOST VALUABLE AND FASCINATING EXPERIENCE OF HIS LIFE.









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