The GurkhasThis book will tell who the Gurkhas are and where they come from. It will describe their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers, with special attention to their unique skills and remarkable valor. Their story is as colorful and as romantic as that of the French Foreign Legion, and yet it has never been fully or adequately told. |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
FOREWORD | 11 |
INTRODUCTION | 21 |
War and Peace in Nepal | 27 |
Dacoits and Small Wars | 35 |
Gurkhas at Delhi | 40 |
Character and Characteristics | 48 |
On Indias NorthWest Frontier | 56 |
SouthEast Asia | 190 |
Italy | 197 |
Retreat from Burma | 205 |
Chindits | 216 |
Back to Burma | 222 |
Military Occupations | 235 |
Independence and Partition | 243 |
Transition | 255 |
The NorthEast Frontier | 63 |
Recruiting | 72 |
France | 86 |
Gallipoli | 96 |
Suez and Mesopotamia | 105 |
Officers | 115 |
Relationships | 125 |
Festivals | 136 |
Home and Family | 144 |
Catastrophes | 152 |
Preparing for Battle | 176 |
North Africa | 184 |
The Savage Wars of Peace | 264 |
Borneo | 271 |
Reduction in Force and Retirement | 276 |
Today and Tomorrow | 284 |
APPENDIX A Ranks in Gurkha Regiments | 293 |
APPENDIX B Hindu Religious and Social Divisions | 295 |
Progressive Title Changes in Gurkha Infantry While in British Service | 296 |
The Gurkha Tribes | 300 |
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Common terms and phrases
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