Written mostly in Mesopotamia during the First World War, these sketches portray sixteen kinds of Indian soldier Candler met at first hand: the Gurkha, Sikh, Punjabi Mussalman, Pathan, Dogra, Mahratta, Jat, Rajput, Garhwali and others. He describes their homelands, customs and conduct under fire, from Ctesiphon to the Tigris, checking each portrait against the opinions of their officers.
A vivid record of the Indian Army in the Great War, framed by the Raj’s now-discredited theory of martial races. Download the free EPUB.