Gurkha odyssey : campaigning for the crown /

It is 1814 and the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company is at war with a marauding Nepal. It is here that the British first encounter the martial spirit of their indomitable foe - the Gurkha hill men from that mountainous independent land. Impressed by their fighting qualities and with t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duffell, Peter (Autor)
Otros Autores: Howard, Ken (Fotógrafo)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2019.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Army. > Brigade of Gurkhas.
Great Britain. > Army. > Brigade of Gurkhas
Gurkha soldiers > Great Britain > History.
Gurkha soldiers > History.
Gurkha (Soldats) > Histoire.
Gurkha (Soldats) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Gurkha soldiers
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction
  • Starting out
  • Nepal
  • travels and war
  • Delhi and a rite of passage
  • The great game
  • Iron wars
  • Partition and new beginnings
  • Emergency and rebellion
  • Confrontation
  • Brush strokes of empire
  • Higher command
  • Into the future.

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