The Indian Army on the Western Front South Asia EditionThe Indian army fought alongside the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, but analysis of its performance tends to deem this a failure. Examining the tactical, operational and administrative performance of the Indian army, this study reconsiders its contribution and combat effectiveness. |
Contents
2 The Army in India | 1 |
Small Wars and Regular Warfare | 42 |
Strengths | 59 |
Weaknesses | 123 |
To Flanders | 147 |
Saving the | 148 |
Climate Casualty Replacements and Departure | 154 |
SelfInflicted Wounds and Fleeing the Trenches | 171 |
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40th Pathans 41st Dogras 47th Sikhs administrative Afridi Army Headquarters Army in India artillery attack August Baluchis battle BEF’s Brigade British army British officers Callwell campaign casualty replacements companies Corrigan Creagh CUL/MD December Division Division’s Dogras enemy Expeditionary Force field fighting fire Flanders France front trenches Frontier Warfare Garhwals German grenades Gurkhas Haig’s Hardinge Papers hill warfare Home Army Home Army’s Ibid IEFA’s Indian Imperial Indian army Indian battalions Indian cavalry Indian Corps Indian General Staff Indian infantry Indian officers Indian regiments Indian soldiers Indian troops Indian units James Willcocks Kitchener Lahore London machine guns Meerut Meerut Divisions Merewether and Smith Mesopotamia military Mohmand Neuve Chapelle North-West Frontier November October pre-war Punjabis regular warfare Rifles Frontier Force senior Sepoys shells small wars staff officers tactical Tirah Tirah campaign tribal areas western front Western Front Diary Willcocks Letter wounded wrote Ypres Zakkas