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The frontier scouts

Title
The frontier scouts / Charles Chenevix Trench.
Author
Chenevix Trench, Charles, 1914-
Publication
London : J. Cape, 1985.

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Description
xxii, 298 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • India. Frontier Corps > History
  • Great Britain. Army. Khyber Rifles
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) > History, Military
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 293) and index.
Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: an incident 1920 -- The problem -- Poachers turned gamekeeper, 1878-1904 -- Gamekeepers turned poacher, 1904-5 -- Side-shows, 1914-18 -- The Third Afghan War, 1919 -- The new model scouts -- The Militia Corps after 1920 -- The scouts at home -- Gashts, Baramptas and such -- A sort of peace, 1930-6 -- A sort of war, 1935-7 -- War, 1937-8 -- War, 1938-9 -- Scouts on the roof of the world -- Side-shows, 1939-41 -- Side-shows, 1941-5 -- The scouts at independence -- Postscript: the scouts since independence -- Glossary of vernacular words and phrases -- Appendix 1: Indian Army and scout ranks -- Appendix 2: King's commissioned officers -- Bibliography -- Index.
Call Number
JFE 10-6728
ISBN
  • 0224023217
  • 9780224023214
LCCN
85225133
OCLC
16869297
Author
Chenevix Trench, Charles, 1914-
Title
The frontier scouts / Charles Chenevix Trench.
Imprint
London : J. Cape, 1985.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Chenevix Trench, Charles, 1914- Frontier scouts. London : J. Cape, 1985 (OCoLC)565226123
Research Call Number
JFE 10-6728
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